uninterpretable
Cannot be decoded
Uninterpretable describes something that cannot be understood or made sense of.
Data may be uninterpretable if corrupted or incomplete.
A facial expression might be uninterpretable—giving no clue to what the person is thinking.
The results were uninterpretable due to equipment failure.
The word often appears in scientific and technical contexts where meaning or significance cannot be extracted from observations.
Lacking cross-lingual equivalent
- indecipherableImpossible to understand
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- illegibleCannot be read
- unintelligibleImpossible to understand
garbled · cryptic · opaque · meaningless · nonsensical · incoherent · ambiguous · unclear
Impossible to understand
- enigmaticPuzzling and obscure
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
- unreadableCannot be deciphered
- expressionlessShowing no feeling
poker-faced · mysterious · cryptic · blank · stoic · impassive · guarded · opaque
Cannot be deciphered
- corruptedMade impure or dishonest
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
- outlierDistant data point
error · glitch · malformed · invalid · ambiguous · inconclusive · unmeasurable · unquantifiable
Lacking legal force
- vagueUnclear, ill-defined
- ambiguousHaving multiple interpretations
- unclearNot easily understood
- contestableAble to be challenged
disputable · undefined · inconclusive · inadmissible · questionable · contract · clause · statute
untranslatable
Lacking cross-lingual equivalent
- indecipherableImpossible to understand
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- illegibleCannot be read
unintelligible · garbled · cryptic · opaque · meaningless · nonsensical · incoherent · ambiguous · unclear · obscure
inscrutable
Impossible to understand
- enigmaticPuzzling and obscure
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
- unreadableCannot be deciphered
expressionless · poker-faced · mysterious · cryptic · blank · stoic · impassive · guarded · opaque · behavior
unreadable
Cannot be deciphered
- corruptedMade impure or dishonest
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
outlier · error · glitch · malformed · invalid · ambiguous · inconclusive · unmeasurable · unquantifiable · statistical
unenforceable
Lacking legal force
contestable · disputable · undefined · inconclusive · inadmissible · questionable · contract · clause · statute · provision
uninterpretableinterpretable
Able to be understood
comprehensible · understandable · intelligible · decipherable · readable
interpret, interpretation, interpreter, misinterpret, interpreted, interpretive, interpreting, interprets, interpreters