I could not read the Doctors prescription, the hand writing was illegible.The notice was illegible because the rain had smudged the ink.
The teacher said the girl's messy handwriting was illegible. The boy made a Xerox copy of math questions. The copy was blurred and illegible. Many doctors' prescriptions are illegible. Illegible writing often causes miscommunication. Illegible carving on a gravestone made the words look like it said "in bed". "This is illegible!" the mother complained about the teacher's penmanship.
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The handwriting on the document was so illegible that I couldn't make out a single word.
The handwriting on the letter was illegible, making it difficult to read.
Ballpoint pens can smudge easily because of the wet ink they use. This can make signatures illegible or easily tampered with. As a result, most official documents require signatures with a pen that uses indelible ink, such as a fountain pen or a rollerball pen.
unclear, oblique, fuzzy, illegible, unrecognizable
The M.D. is used for doctors signature because of the risk attached to their medication. This is done to ensure professionalism and accountability.
Illegible means unrecognizable or unreadable, as in 'His handwriting was illegible" or "Until we found the Rosetta Stone and it was deciphered, ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics were illegible to us."
The doctor's handwriting was so illegible that the pharmacist couldn't read the prescription.
The word illegible is an adjective which means cannot be read; typically it is used to describe very bad handwriting. His handwriting was illegible.
The muttering was illegible.Nobody could decipher the illegible scribbles.