Intelligible
Intelligible adjective - Well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly.
Usage example: intelligible pronunciation
Unintelligible
Unintelligible adjective - Impossible to understand.
Usage example: uttered only a string of unintelligible murmurs
Nearby Word: unintelligibly
Both words in one sentence
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An awful lot of unintelligible or barely-intelligible characters' speech disruptions take the form of them only being able to say their name: Pokémon Speak.
Source: The Unintelligible - The Engineer also qualifies; he's almost always unintelligible; the most intelligible things he says are insults, profanities, and cries of dismay, and they're still gibberish.
Source: Angrish / Web Original -
Intelligible Unintelligible: Rocket's the one seen most often, obviously, but in short the only characters that speak understandable English are the Little Einsteins themselves.
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