Clear and Unintelligible

Clear

Clear adjective - Not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation.
Usage example: the meaning of her broad smile was clear to the whole class


Nearby Words: clean, cleared, clearly, clearing, clearness

Unintelligible

Unintelligible adjective - Impossible to understand.
Usage example: uttered only a string of unintelligible murmurs

Clear is an antonym for unintelligible in topics: articulate, not understandable.

Nearby Word: unintelligibly

Both words in one sentence

  • Dumbass DJ The idiots are basically unintelligible except for a few stretches here and there; Louie just endures their prattle and it's not clear whether he can understand them or just doesn't care.
    Source: Dumbass DJ
  • Series / RuPaul's Drag Race Eloquent in My Native Tongue: Upon elimination, the unintelligible queen of the season will give an eloquent and perfectly clear farewell speech in Spanish in her last interview.
  • As their language is directly unintelligible, it's never made clear whether this is a loose human translation of their name, or the name they actually use for themselves.
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