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Answer for the clue "Poor handwriting ", 10 letters:
cacography

Word definitions for cacography in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n : poor handwriting [syn: scribble , scratch , scrawl ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect. (from 16th c.) 2 poor or illegible handwriting. (from 17th c.)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cacography \Ca*cog`ra*phy\, n. [Gr. kako`s bad + -graphy; cf. F. cacographie.] Incorrect or bad writing or spelling. --Walpole. [1913 Webster] ||

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cacography is deliberate comic misspelling , a type of humour similar to malapropism . The term in the sense of "poor spelling , accentuation , and punctuation " is a semantic antonym to orthography , and in the sense of "poor handwriting " it is an etymological ...

Usage examples of cacography.

Most authors of cacographies hope their work will be copied, to plague the world.