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unintelligible

un·in·tel·li·gi·ble

unintelligible

 
 
pronunciation:
uhn ihn te lih j bl
part of speech: adjective
definition: not able to be understood, as spoken or written language.
The toddler's mother understands what he's saying, but his speech is unintelligible to others.
synonyms:
incomprehensible, indecipherable
antonyms:
articulate, comprehensible, intelligible
similar words:
garbled, inarticulate, incoherent, meaningless, muddled, obscure, rambling
derivations: unintelligibly (adv.), unintelligibility (n.)