Tao exists in invisibility; its function, in unintelligibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Han Fei Tzu] Reference
We probably should resign ourselves to mutual unintelligibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Ohio BOE "Achievement" Committee Skates (again!) - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
I could see a verdict of not guilty by reason of unintelligibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Media Mob Descends on Duke:] Reference
The mask of unintelligibility holds out the longest; this is only in. From Wordnik.com. [Essays of Schopenhauer] Reference
"I'd --" His voice husked into unintelligibility, and he had to begin again. From Wordnik.com. [Citadel] Reference
This sort of unintelligibility runs deeper than a Kuhnian translation failure. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific Revolutions] Reference
We hear much of his subtile psychology -- we deem it psychological unintelligibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
But, you know, that's like a basic part of communication, you know, unintelligibility. From Wordnik.com. [Junot Diaz Discusses his 'Wondrous' Debut Novel] Reference
Often their very earnestness betrays them into what for later ages is unintelligibility. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)] Reference
Finally, I am clearly not alone in recognizing the silliness and unintelligibility of the "WORD CLOUD.". From Wordnik.com. [Linda Milazzo: "Word Cloud" - Your Brain On CNN!] Reference
Origin of Language involved in the same state of unintelligibility with which it has always been surrounded. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The references to Spinoza, on which I relied, perhaps condensed the reasons to the point of unintelligibility. From Wordnik.com. [On Morality & Pessimism] Reference
Peter was then called upon to sustain his complaint; he spoke with equal earnestness and equal unintelligibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
But Greenhow had heard nothing of the Greeks save as a symbol of all unintelligibility, and of the gods not at all. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
Perhaps they are thrown in to redeem, by their profound unintelligibility, the shallow trifling of the rest of the poem. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference
Longest of all lasts the mask of unintelligibility; but this is only in Germany, whither it was introduced by Fichte, perfected by. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Literature] Reference
I omitted, therefore, in the Introduction to the Abbot, any attempt to explain the previous story, or to apologize for unintelligibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Abbot] Reference
Such work always has one thing in common -- unintelligibility. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers] Reference
"We must compress to near the point of unintelligibility," he said. From Wordnik.com. [The News Tribune - Tacoma - Homepage] Reference
The contradictions of the age had made unintelligibility politically correct. From Wordnik.com. [ArtsJournal: Daily Arts News] Reference
Already the unintelligibility of Lancashire speech had filled her with dismay. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunate Youth] Reference
But there was a something in Phosy's face besides its calmness and unintelligibility. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Archer and Other Tales] Reference
Runic inscriptions, their different grades of unintelligibility and consequent value. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell] Reference
Cosmo went to open the door, troubled to see his father annoyed with the unintelligibility of the man. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock o' Glenwarlock] Reference
Vidyapati's quaint and corrupt Maithili language attracted me all the more because of its unintelligibility. From Wordnik.com. [My Reminiscences] Reference
Against these dramatic pieces the charge of unintelligibility fails as completely as it does against the plays. From Wordnik.com. [Obiter Dicta] Reference
'Aeschylus' bronze-throat eagle-bark for blood, 'which compensates for the more than Greek -- unintelligibility of. From Wordnik.com. [The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19] Reference
Language of this kind, by virtue of its unintelligibility, set Mr. Herbert Fellingham's acute speculations at work. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Short Works of George Meredith] Reference
At last the headman of the village appeared, and with many kindly expressions of unintelligibility led me to his house. From Wordnik.com. [Across China on Foot] Reference
All that is required is to derive a certain starting-point from the hodge-podge of uncertainties and unintelligibility. From Wordnik.com. [Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students] Reference
"That wad be hard lines, though," insisted the gardener, unwilling to yield the unintelligibility of the ways of providence. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock o' Glenwarlock] Reference
But this ongiong confusion between rights and priveledges is dragging political discourse into the mud of unintelligibility. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
"No candidate may be removed from the ballot except in the clear and convincing case of fraud, deception or unintelligibility.". From Wordnik.com. [The Capitol Fax Blog] Reference
He announced the two names with elaborate unintelligibility, but Idina at once introduced her companion as Miss Jewett of St. Louis. From Wordnik.com. [The Guests Of Hercules] Reference
A sign of mysticism which it has been believed may often be taken as an essential sign, is obscurity and unintelligibility of language. From Wordnik.com. [Essai sur l'imagination créatrice. English] Reference
'Excuse my unintelligibility, haste, and appearance of presumption, and -- Believe me to be, sir, your most humble and grateful servant. From Wordnik.com. [Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle] Reference
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