uninterpretableadj.
/ˌʌnɪnˈtəːprᵻtəbl/, U.S. /ˌənᵻnˈtərprədəb(ə)l/ (un- prefix1 1b.)
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexplicableness > [adjective]
unplitable?c1425
unexplicable1532
inexplicable1546
subtle1547
irresolute1574
subtile1582
undissoluble1587
incomprehensible1604
unexpoundable1611
unfoldable1611
inexplainable1623
unsalvable1624
uninterpretable1625
indissolvable1637
unaccountable1643
inaccountable1647
unexplainablea1711
undecipherable1757
irresolvable1785
indecipherable1853
unconstruable1856
inconstruable1874
unravellable1881
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1456 Through the virtue of an uninterpretable name.
1729 G. Adams tr. Sophocles Antigone iv. i, in tr. Sophocles Trag. II. 56 An unknown Voice of Birds crying with an ill Fury, uninterpretable.
1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) I: Pt. i. §385 Many formulae are at present obscure and uninterpretable.
1884 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 822 Figures of men and animals and uninterpretable signs.
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