No, it isn’t. Something is intelligible or unintelligible “to” and not “for” someone. When you say that something is unintelligible, what you mean is that it is incomprehensible; it is difficult to understand. The word has nothing to do with intelligence.
*The teacher used a lot of jargon which was unintelligible to the students. *What Chandu said was intelligible to the audience.
Source: ‘Know Your English’ Series – The Hindu Daily, Sept 19 , 2005.
*The teacher used a lot of jargon which was unintelligible to the students. *What Chandu said was intelligible to the audience.
Source: ‘Know Your English’ Series – The Hindu Daily, Sept 19 , 2005.
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