illegible handwriting

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• illegible handwriting — undecipherable handwriting, handwriting which is hard to read or decipher …   English contemporary dictionary

• Illegible — Il*leg i*ble, a. Incapable of being read; not legible; as, illegible handwriting; an illegible inscription. {Il*leg i*ble*ness}, n. {Il*leg i*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• illegible — eligible, illegible These are more likely to be confused in casual speech than in considered writing. Eligible means ‘fit or entitled to be chosen’ (eligible for a pension) or ‘desirable, suitable’ (an eligible bachelor). Illegible means ‘(of… …   Modern English usage

• illegible — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unreadable, ill written, scrawled; jumbled, pied. See unintelligibility.Ant., legible. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unreadable, indecipherable, unintelligible, faint, obscured, difficult to read,… …   English dictionary for students

• illegible — adjective nearly a billion prescriptions are rechecked each year because of physicians illegible handwriting Syn: unreadable, indecipherable, unintelligible, incomprehensible, hieroglyphic; scrawled, scribbled, crabbed, cramped …   Thesaurus of popular words

• handwriting — n. 1) illegible; legible handwriting 2) (misc.) to see the handwriting on the wall ( to foresee an impending disaster ) * * * [ hændˌraɪtɪŋ] legible handwriting illegible (misc.) to see the handwriting on the wall ( to foresee an impending… …   Combinatory dictionary

• handwriting — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clear, good, legible, neat ▪ Her handwriting was neat and legible. ▪ bad (esp. AmE), illegible, messy (esp. AmE …   Collocations dictionary

• illegible, unreadable — These words have a shared meaning of difficult to read, hard to make out or decipher : Your handwriting is illegible (or unreadable). The manuscript was so faded and worn that it was unreadable (or illegible). Unreadable has additional meanings… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• illegible — illegibility, illegibleness, n. illegibly, adv. /i lej euh beuhl/, adj. not legible; impossible or hard to read or decipher because of poor handwriting, faded print, etc.: This letter is completely illegible. [1605 15; IL 2 + LEGIBLE] * * * …   Universalium

• illegible — adj. Illegible is used with these nouns: ↑handwriting, ↑signature, ↑writing …   Collocations dictionary

• illegible — il|le|gi|ble [ıˈledʒıbəl] adj difficult or impossible to read ≠ ↑legible ▪ His handwriting is totally illegible. >illegibly adv >illegibility [ıˌledʒıˈbılıti] n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English