adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
legible/illegible (= written clearly/not written clearly enough for you to read )
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He writes very quickly and his handwriting is almost illegible.
signature...illegible (= cannot be read )
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Her signature is totally illegible .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I don't know what this note says - Dad's handwriting is totally illegible !
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Ron's handwriting is completely illegible .
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The label had got wet and was now illegible .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Extended writing projects are usually beyond their capabilities, and what is produced may be illegible and of poor quality.
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Most of it was either illegible or written in Latin.
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Pictures were almost non-existent, long columns of grey, illegible type propped up its pages.
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Some pages were long, illegible , others no more than a line.
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The check was signed by an officer of the bank whose first name was Thomas; the last name was illegible .
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The other five pages, Julia saw, were all illegible .
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When it comes to health care, illegible script can be dangerous, if not deadly.