Library / English Dictionary

ILLEGIBILITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of writing (print or handwriting) that cannot be deciphered

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("illegibility" is a kind of...):

incomprehensibility (the quality of being incomprehensible)

Domain category:

handwriting (the activity of writing by hand)

Antonym:

legibility (a quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read)

Derivation:

illegible ((of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible)

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