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unintelligibility::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | incoherence, incoherency |
| Type of | hokum, bunk, nonsense, nonsensicality, meaninglessness |
| Has types | word salad |
| Derivation | unintelligible |
unintelligibility::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | incomprehensibility |
| Derivation | unintelligible |
Examples of unintelligibility
unintelligibility
I also have strong views on the unintelligibility of the announcements made at Stansted airport.
From the telegraph.co.uk
This contributes to the mutual unintelligibility with spoken Mandarin or other Chinese dialects.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The unintelligibility is often mutual.
From the time.com
That whole artistic mystique is one of the great traps of this business, because down that road lies unintelligibility.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Any argument which makes the unintelligibility of pinyin due to homophones also applies equally to the spoken language.
From the economist.com
In some cases, as with Mixtec, tone system variations between dialects are sufficiently great to cause mutual unintelligibility.
From the en.wikipedia.org
On my own account, I once trudged back to the features department to complain that one of my book reviews had been edited to near-unintelligibility.
From the latimes.com
The stereotypic drunk speaker slurs his speech to the point of unintelligibility, but in real life this happens only in the final, immediate-pre-collapse phase of drunkenness.
From the washingtonpost.com
Confusion among words like Delta, Nectar, Victor, and Extra, or the unintelligibility of other words during poor receiving conditions were the main problems.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Incoherence: nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
- Incomprehensibility as a consequence of being unintelligible
- (unintelligible) poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise; "unintelligible speech"
- The degree or measure to which a person cannot be understood.
