unintelligibility

unintelligibility
noun
1. nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
Syn: ↑incoherence, ↑incoherency
Derivationally related forms: ↑unintelligible, ↑incoherent (for: ↑incoherence)
Hypernyms: ↑nonsense, ↑bunk, ↑nonsensicality, ↑meaninglessness, ↑hokum
Hyponyms: ↑word salad
2. incomprehensibility as a consequence of being unintelligible
Ant: ↑intelligibility
Derivationally related forms: ↑unintelligible
Hypernyms: ↑incomprehensibility

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