illegibility
noun[U]
uk/ɪˌledʒ.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ɪˌledʒ.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/thefactof beingimpossibleoralmostimpossibletoread:
Thousands ofballotswerevoidedbyelectionofficialsbecause of illegibility.
Thenameson themonumenthavefadedinto illegibility.
- The illegibility of thesignaturecould be aproblem.
- I waslookingat anoldgravestonewhoseletteringhad beenwornto illegibility bytime.
- Pleaseexcusethe illegibility of myhandwriting; I do not have muchlightto write by.
- Because of the illegibility of thetranscript, we cannot besureof thedetailsof theconversation.
- Theplastictagsaretinyto thepointofcompleteillegibility.
Describing handwriting & print
- asemic
- chicken scratch
- crabbed
- crossed
- handwritten
- illegible
- illegibly
- indecipherable
- joined up
- legibility
- legible
- legibly
- non-character
- pencilled
- scratching
- spidery
- typewritten
- uncrossed
- writing
- written