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If atheism is to be used to express the state of mind in which God is identified with the unknowable, and theology is pronounced to be a collection of meaningless words about unintelligible chimeras, then I have no doubt, and I think few people doubt.
Leslie Stephen

Meaning of "unintelligible" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNINTELLIGIBLE

unintelligible  [ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒɪbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNINTELLIGIBLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unintelligible is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNINTELLIGIBLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Intelligibility

Intelligibility may refer to: ▪ Mutual intelligibility, in linguistics ▪ Intelligibility ▪ Intelligibility ▪ Intelligible principle - a way to interpret delegation in Administrative Law.

Definition of unintelligible in the English dictionary

The definition of unintelligible in the dictionary is not able to be understood; incomprehensible.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNINTELLIGIBLE


able
ˈeɪbəl
cable
ˈkeɪbəl
corrigible
ˈkɒrɪdʒɪbəl
diffrangible
dɪˈfrændʒɪbəl
dirigible
dɪˈrɪdʒɪbəl
enable
ɪnˈeɪbəl
flexible
ˈflɛksɪbəl
frangible
ˈfrændʒɪbəl
fungible
ˈfʌndʒɪbəl
illegible
ɪˈlɛdʒɪbəl
inexpungible
ˌɪnɪksˈpʌndʒɪbəl
infrangible
ɪnˈfrændʒɪbəl
intangible
ɪnˈtændʒɪbəl
label
ˈleɪbəl
mortgageable
ˈmɔːɡədʒɪbəl
possible
ˈpɒsɪbəl
reeligible
riːˈɛlɪdʒɪbəl
refrangible
rɪˈfrændʒɪbəl
stable
ˈsteɪbəl
submergible
səbˈmɜːdʒɪbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNINTELLIGIBLE

unintegrated
unintellectual
unintelligence
unintelligent
unintelligently
unintelligibility
unintelligibly
unintended
unintentional
unintentionally
uninterest
uninterested
uninterestedly
uninterestedness
uninteresting
uninterestingly
unintermitted
unintermittedly
unintermitting
uninterpretable

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNINTELLIGIBLE

accessible
audible
Bible
compatible
eligible
exigible
horrible
impossible
incorrigible
incredible
ineligible
intelligible
irrefrangible
legible
negligible
responsible
tangible
terrible
untangible
visible

Synonyms and antonyms of unintelligible in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNINTELLIGIBLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unintelligible» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unintelligible

Translation of «unintelligible» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNINTELLIGIBLE

Find out the translation of unintelligible to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unintelligible from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unintelligible» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

令人费解的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ininteligible
570 millions of speakers

English

unintelligible
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दुर्बोध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير مفهومة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

непонятно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ininteligível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপাচ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inintelligible
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak dapat difahami
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unverständlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

理解不可能な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이해할 수 없는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unintelligible
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khó hiểu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புரிந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विद्वान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

anlaşılmaz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incomprensibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niezrozumiały
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незрозуміло
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neinteligibil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακατάληπτο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onverstaanbaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

obegriplig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uforståelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unintelligible

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNINTELLIGIBLE»

The term «unintelligible» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.165 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNINTELLIGIBLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unintelligible

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QUOTES WITH «UNINTELLIGIBLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unintelligible.
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Leslie Stephen
If atheism is to be used to express the state of mind in which God is identified with the unknowable, and theology is pronounced to be a collection of meaningless words about unintelligible chimeras, then I have no doubt, and I think few people doubt.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNINTELLIGIBLE»

Discover the use of unintelligible in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unintelligible and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Basics of Western Philosophy
both claim that there are some facts about the world that are unintelligible unless God exists. The Cosmological Argument says that change and contingency are unintelligible without God, and the Teleological Argument claims that structure ...
Eugene Kelly, 2004
2
Speech-language Pathology Desk Reference
Unintelligible utterances that contain unintelligible segments. If a major portion of a childns sample is unintelligible, a syllable count by utterance can be substituted for a morpheme count. 5. Rute passages such as nursery rhymes, songs, ...
Ross J. Roeser, Donise W. Pearson, Emily A. Tobey, 1998
3
The American Spirit: U.S. History as Seen by Contemporaries
[On the phone] [Unintelligible] Where are they? Okay. I'll be up in just a minute. [ 40-second pause, with sounds of writing] Haldeman. I see a time way back [ unintelligible] might find out about that report before we do anything. President.
David Kennedy, Thomas Bailey, 2009
4
Being and the Between: Political Theory in the American Academy
Though this is minimal, it is already a refutation of the view we entertained for arguments sake, namely — that being in itself is simply unintelligible. This view itself, we must now say, is unintelligible, because it cannot in any way explain just  ...
William Desmond, 1995
5
Objectivity: The Hermeneutical and Philosophy
In Shakespeare's Hamlet, in Goethe's Faust II, in Kafka's parable Vor dem Gesetz , one is dealing in this way with the unintelligible. One experiences the unintelligible as the indeterminate or vague. However, it is also the complex and the ...
Günter Figal, 2010
6
When One Stood Alone: John J. Sirica's Battle Against the ...
PRESIDENT: Okay [unintelligible] and, ah, just, just postpone the [unintelligible, with noises] hearings [15-second unintelligible, with noises] and all that garbage. Just say that I have to take a look at the primaries [unintelligible] recover ...
Donald Farinacci, 2009
7
Dreams of Authority: Freud and the Fictions of the Unconscious
Unintelligible. Dream. in. The. Mystery. of. Edwin. Drood. It is not much of a dream , considering the vast extent of the domains of dreamland, and their wonderful productions; it is only remarkable for being unusually restless, and unusually real .
Ronald R. Thomas, 1990
8
Satisfied by the Promise of the Spirit: Affirming the ...
There is no mention of "raving gestures and outcries"; in fact, there is no indication of glossolalia or unintelligible speech. None of these references proves that unintelligible ecstatic speech (glossolalia) was practiced in the Old Testament by ...
Thomas R. Edgar
9
The philosophy of rhetoric
Section III. T'he unintelligible. I have already considered two of the principal and most common offences against perspicuity ; and come now to make some remarks on the third and last offence, mentioned in the enumeration formerly given.
George Campbell, 1776
10
A User's Guide to Franz Rosenzweig's Star of Redemption
In contrast 'B', which represents what is totally distinctive or individual, Besonderheit, which in this context is best translated as 'not-otherwise-ness,' expresses the meaningless, accidental, unintelligible origin of every created particular. It is the ...
Norbert Max Samuelson, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNINTELLIGIBLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unintelligible is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mining regulations in France – an unintelligible reform
The current French mining code was implemented by a government ordinance on 20 January 2011 and was therefore not debated in Parliament. The mining ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
2
A Libertarian Professor's Incomprehensible, Inaccurate …
It is an absolute embarrassment, an unintelligible, inaccurate broadside that tries—and fails—to pass off intolerant hand-waving as serious intellectual concern. «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Rob Gronkowski spits crazy (unintelligible) freestyle rap at a bar
Rob Gronkowski is not a rapper. He's a football player. A Super Bowl-winning tight end. He should not be rapping. And yet, here we are. The Patriots player ... «SportingNews.com, Jun 15»
4
TTC hears your concerns about unintelligible service announcements
According to the TTC's latest customer-satisfaction survey, one of the most common sources for consternation among riders is the completely unintelligible ... «MetroNews Canada, Apr 15»
5
Innocent Smoothie labels now just unintelligible gibberish
Marketing News: The labels for Innocent smoothies have now descended from cutesy, playful waffle to completely unintelligible gibberish, consumer groups ... «The Poke, Apr 15»
6
First look at Project Spark's Conker's Big Reunion is almost …
The Conker trailer teases a bit of exposition between our furry protagonist and a scarecrow, a conversation all but unintelligible due to either poor recording or ... «Neoseeker, Apr 15»
7
Iggy Azalea baffles fans with unintelligible Vine video rap
A lot of hip-hop tunes may be difficult to decipher at first, but this one takes the biscuit. A Vine of Iggy Azalea rapping a few lines of her 2012 track 'DRUGS' has ... «Digital Spy UK, Mar 15»
8
An unintelligible phone conversation with Adam Scott
A few months ago, the good folks at Paramount Pictures asked if I'd be interested in interviewing the cast from their then-upcoming comedy, “Hot Tub Time ... «Minnesota Daily, Mar 15»
9
'Unintelligible gobbledygook' of NHS reforms were our biggest …
Insiders described the reforms as 'unintelligible gobbledygook' which had been a 'huge strategic error' for the Conservative's reputation for looking after the ... «Daily Mail, Oct 14»
10
Lauryn Hill Angers Concertgoers With Tardiness, Unintelligible
Lauryn Hill has a bit of a reputation for showing up late to concerts and performing incomprehensible renditions of her songs. That's apparently what happened ... «Huffington Post, Sep 14»

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