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Explore Illegibility through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like incomprehensibility or legibility. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Illegibility in a sentence

Illegibility meaning

The characteristic or quality of being illegible; the quality of being difficult or impossible to read.

Synonyms of Illegibility

incomprehensibility legibility

Related words

Other words often associated with Illegibility or its synonyms:

comprehensibility sharpness understandability distinctness quality readability

Using Illegibility

  • The main meaning on this page is: The characteristic or quality of being illegible; the quality of being difficult or impossible to read.
  • Useful related words include: incomprehensibility, legibility.

Context around Illegibility

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 30 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

near 1×

Sentence patterns with Illegibility

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

of near illegibility and multicoloured 1× problem of illegibility at low 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

for example daniel 1× microsoft and monotype 1×

Common sentence endings:

and multicoloured signatures 1× for screen display 1×

Words around Illegibility

Just before it in the word index:

illegals 93 illegally 1.557 illegality 83 illegalities 18 illegal 6.185 ille 7

Just after it in the word index:

illegible 18 illegitimacy 22 illegitimate 300 illegitimately 10 illela 6 illenium 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Illegibility

  • In this selection, "illegibility" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, near stand out and add context to how "illegibility" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include of near illegibility and multicoloured and problem of illegibility at low. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "illegibility" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with illegibility

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

For example, Daniel C. Boyer's gouaches are known for their often large, elaborate to the point of near-illegibility, and multicoloured signatures. (23 words)

Microsoft and Monotype technicians used TrueType's hinting technology to ensure that these fonts did not suffer from the problem of illegibility at low resolutions, which had previously forced the use of bitmapped fonts for screen display. (37 words)

Longer example sentences

Microsoft and Monotype technicians used TrueType's hinting technology to ensure that these fonts did not suffer from the problem of illegibility at low resolutions, which had previously forced the use of bitmapped fonts for screen display. (37 words)

For example, Daniel C. Boyer's gouaches are known for their often large, elaborate to the point of near-illegibility, and multicoloured signatures. (23 words)

Example sentences (2)

For example, Daniel C. Boyer's gouaches are known for their often large, elaborate to the point of near-illegibility, and multicoloured signatures.

Microsoft and Monotype technicians used TrueType's hinting technology to ensure that these fonts did not suffer from the problem of illegibility at low resolutions, which had previously forced the use of bitmapped fonts for screen display.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "illegibility" in a sentence?
An example: "For example, Daniel C. Boyer's gouaches are known for their often large, elaborate to the point of near-illegibility, and multicoloured signatures." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "illegibility" from authentic English texts.
What does "illegibility" mean?
Illegibility means: The characteristic or quality of being illegible; the quality of being difficult or impossible to read.
What are synonyms of "illegibility"?
Common synonyms of "illegibility" include: incomprehensibility, legibility.
How many example sentences with "illegibility" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "illegibility", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.