noun
- bad handwriting or poor spelling
Usage: formal; literary
Examples
- The teacher struggled to decipher the student’s cacography.
- His cacography made it impossible to read his notes.
- The doctor’s cacography on the prescription was completely illegible.
- She was embarrassed by her cacography when signing the important document.
- The manuscript was rejected due to its terrible cacography.
- Modern typing has helped many people overcome their cacography.