What's the difference between decipherable and undecipherable?

Decipherable


Definition:

  • (a.) Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Obliterated bloody impressions are occasionally submitted to the crime laboratory, and potentially to the document examiner, for decipherment.
  • (2) Analogous, albeit less readily decipherable, spectroscopic effects with the ligands imidazole and alkyl isocyanides suggest that on reduction of cytochrome a an interaction occurs between the two haem groups involving (i) a high- to low-spin change in cytochrome a(3), and after this, (ii) a change in the molecular environment of the cytochrome a.
  • (3) This observation suggests that the information for apical surface localization is inherent in the DPPIV molecule itself and that this sorting information is decipherable in the epithelial cells of a different species.
  • (4) That was one of the more easily decipherable statements delivered by the international band of riders flinging themselves down the vertiginous 635m course on the Rosa Khutor mountainside and performing a series of tricks on rails and huge jumps on their way down.
  • (5) With their varying degrees of milquetoast managerialism, they were not only barely distinguishable from each other but had platforms that were forgettable even when they were decipherable.

Undecipherable


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Unknown academics sending manuscripts would receive handwritten (which sometimes meant virtually undecipherable) comments in response, always written in a positive spirit.
  • (2) And with 30 or more pages of undecipherable legalese at many sites, how is anyone supposed to understand the nature of the trade for digital services?