How do you use Unintelligible in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like incomprehensible or slurred, plus the exact meaning.
Unintelligible in a sentence
Unintelligible meaning
Not intelligible; unable to be understood.
Synonyms of Unintelligible
Using Unintelligible
- The main meaning on this page is: Not intelligible; unable to be understood.
- Useful related words include: incomprehensible, uncomprehensible, slurred, thick.
- In the example corpus, unintelligible often appears in combinations such as: unintelligible to, mutually unintelligible, is unintelligible.
Context around Unintelligible
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Unintelligible
- In this selection, "unintelligible" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, little, incomprehensible, seems, reads, scottish and headset stand out and add context to how "unintelligible" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a little unintelligible and address in unintelligible scottish style. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "unintelligible" sits close to words such as aau, acme and aggravate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with unintelligible
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His response was unintelligible. (4 words)
But unlike crocodiles, they make an unintelligible noise. (8 words)
Some of the dispatcher’s questions are met with unintelligible sounds. (11 words)
Not everyone needs a headset that is studio quality and can produce an accurate profile that can be used to mix and master, but having a muddy and unintelligible headset will not make for an enjoyable listening experience. (38 words)
Coming on the heels of the “peoplekind” fiasco, it has created a worldwide credibility problem for this government, which was compounded by the prime minister’s unintelligible babbling over the U.S. steel and aluminum tariff issue. (37 words)
This means that they literally believe that blathering like blatherskites in incomprehensible, unintelligible, meaningless gibberish allows them to talk to God and that faith healing actually can work as a viable alternative to science and medicine. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
DeSantis emphasized the latter on Wednesday night, discussing niche issues in language that I suspect is unintelligible to ordinary people, even those who might hate the brand of social justice politics derided as wokeness.
His response was unintelligible.
Such an exercise is unintelligible” reads Likongwe’s submission to the Supreme Court.
Then he drew laughs by reciting a few sentences of the Gettysburg Address in unintelligible Scottish style.
The Talmud, however, says that at various points the Sages at work on the project deliberately mistranslated certain texts because they believed that a literal translation would simply be unintelligible to a Greek readership.
This first half-hour, which ends with the stage strewn with trash and filled with smoke is ugly, deliberately, and just a little unintelligible.
He popped open some bubbly and made a toast that was seductive and unintelligible, but I was suddenly in my head.
Not everyone needs a headset that is studio quality and can produce an accurate profile that can be used to mix and master, but having a muddy and unintelligible headset will not make for an enjoyable listening experience.
Much of what he says is unintelligible, but he says something about Navy Seals, mentions President Trump, and then he appears to say that he is the real president.
One day, just (unintelligible) - I'm just going to start making people cry.
This means that they literally believe that blathering like blatherskites in incomprehensible, unintelligible, meaningless gibberish allows them to talk to God and that faith healing actually can work as a viable alternative to science and medicine.
And the explanation is that underneath what seems unintelligible is actually some sort of conspiracy or secret plot.
For reasons cited above, I find the notion that the U.S. government is suffering from a surfeit of democracy to be unintelligible.
Instantly the room was populous with sounds of melodiousness, and mournfulness, and wonderfulness; the room swarmed with the unintelligible but delicious sounds.
In the video, recorded in a school hallway, Brilowski appears to say, “I just walk around the room … (unintelligible) just pick on them.
Some of the dispatcher’s questions are met with unintelligible sounds.
But there was one on your chair when you went to the prize (unintelligible).
But unlike crocodiles, they make an unintelligible noise.
Coming on the heels of the “peoplekind” fiasco, it has created a worldwide credibility problem for this government, which was compounded by the prime minister’s unintelligible babbling over the U.S. steel and aluminum tariff issue.
From then on it was all downhill, as first William Cash sucked all the life out of the Commons with an unintelligible ramble and then Nadine Dorries stood up to share some thoughts.
Common combinations with unintelligible
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- unintelligible to 12×
- mutually unintelligible 6×
- is unintelligible 5×
- was unintelligible 4×
- be unintelligible 3×
- unintelligible but 3×
- an unintelligible 3×
- completely unintelligible 3×
- unintelligible and 3×
- and unintelligible 2×