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unreadable adj.1787, of written material, "dull, distasteful," from un- (1) "not" + readable (adj.). Meaning "illegible" is from 1830, but is better left to illegible. The illegible is not plain enough to be deciphered; the unreadable is not interesting enough to be perused. [Fowler] updated on November 10, 2017 |