unreadable

«unreadable» in Mova's school dictionary: so messy, faded or small that you cannot read it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (unreadable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Unreadable writing is so messy, faded or small that you cannot read it. tree →

2) An unreadable book or text is so boring or badly written that it is hard to keep reading. tree →

3) An unreadable face shows no feeling, so you cannot tell what the person thinks. tree →

4) (computers) An unreadable file or disk cannot be opened by the computer. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used about handwriting, old letters, books, faces in stories and broken files. Phrases: «almost unreadable», «an unreadable expression».

examples

• The rain made the note unreadable. tree →
• The doctor's handwriting was unreadable. tree →
• The old gravestone was worn and unreadable. tree →
• The book was so dull it was unreadable. tree →
• Her face was unreadable as she opened the letter. tree →
• The memory stick was damaged and the files were unreadable. tree →

note

Opposite: «readable». Similar to «illegible», which is only about handwriting or print. An unreadable face is a calm, blank face: it does not mean the person is angry.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unreadable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.