indecipherability
Beyond all interpretation
Indecipherability is the quality of being impossible to decode, read, or understand.
The term applies to illegible handwriting, encrypted messages, or anything too obscure to interpret: The indecipherability of his notes frustrated everyone who inherited his research.
It suggests not just difficulty but complete resistance to comprehension.
Careless, illegible writing
- handwritingManual letter formation
- scratchSuperficial wound or mark
- scribbleWrite without care
- smudgeUnclear dirty mark
faded · blurred · messy · cursive · manuscript · palimpsest · deteriorated · weathered
Excessively complex or twisted
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
- byzantineDauntingly intricate and devious
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
knotty · dense · impenetrable · abstruse · recondite · esoteric · arcane · obscure
Coded message puzzle
- codeSymbolic communication system
- encryptionConverting data into code
- codebreakingSolving secret communications
- decryptionConverting ciphertext to plaintext
cryptanalysis · steganography · key · algorithm · scrambled · encoded · classified · uncrackable
Something hard to fathom
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
- secretConcealed information
mystery · unknown · inexplicable · unexplained · cryptic · sphinx-like · oracle · ambiguous
Unintelligible speech or writing
- jargonSpecialized professional vocabulary
- gobbledygookPretentious unintelligible language
- babbleIncoherent speech
- glossolaliaMeaningless ecstatic speech
foreign · untranslatable · legalese · technobabble · double-dutch · mumbo-jumbo · incomprehensible · nonsensical
scrawl
Careless, illegible writing
- handwritingManual letter formation
- scratchSuperficial wound or mark
- scribbleWrite without care
smudge · faded · blurred · messy · cursive · manuscript · palimpsest · deteriorated · weathered · smeared
convoluted
Excessively complex or twisted
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
- byzantineDauntingly intricate and devious
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
intricate · knotty · dense · impenetrable · abstruse · recondite · esoteric · arcane · obscure · opaque
cryptogram
Coded message puzzle
- codeSymbolic communication system
- encryptionConverting data into code
- codebreakingSolving secret communications
decryption · cryptanalysis · steganography · key · algorithm · scrambled · encoded · classified · uncrackable · substitution
enigma
Something hard to fathom
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
secret · mystery · unknown · inexplicable · unexplained · cryptic · sphinx-like · oracle · ambiguous · veiled
gibberish
Unintelligible speech or writing
- jargonSpecialized professional vocabulary
- gobbledygookPretentious unintelligible language
- babbleIncoherent speech
glossolalia · foreign · untranslatable · legalese · technobabble · double-dutch · mumbo-jumbo · incomprehensible · nonsensical · garbled
indecipherabilitycomprehensibility
Clarity of meaning
decipherability · intelligibility · clarity · understandability · lucidity
indecipherabilitylegibility
Clearness of text
readability · clarity · distinctness · discernibility · visibility
indecipherabilitytransparency
State of being see-through
obviousness · plainness · self-evidence · straightforwardness · explicitness
indecipherable, decipherability, decipherable, decipher, deciphered, deciphering, decipherment, cipher, ciphers