Meanings
adjectiveundecipherable (comparative more undecipherable, superlative most undecipherable)
comparative more undecipherable · superlative most undecipherable
- Not easily deciphered; difficult to read.
Synonyms: indecipherable, insolvable, unknowable, inexplicable, indecipherable, unreadable, illegible
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot easily deciphered; difficult to read.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot easily deciphered
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishdecipher
- Englishdecipherable
- Englishundecipherable
From un- + decipherable.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic صَعْب فَكّ تَشْفِيرَة
- صَعْب فَكّ تَشْفِيرَة (ṣaʕb fakk tašfīra)not easily deciphered
Esperanto nedeĉifrebla
- nedeĉifreblanot easily deciphered
Polish nie do odszyfrowania
- nie do odszyfrowanianot easily deciphered
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APA
undecipherable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undecipherable
MLA
“undecipherable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undecipherable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undecipherable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undecipherable.
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