incomprehensiveadj.

/ɪnkɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪv/

Etymology: in- prefix⁴.

I. Not comprehensive.

1. Not understanding; deficient in mental grasp.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [adjective]

unwittyc1000

heartlessa1382

meana1387

conceitless?c1425

insensuat1508

insensate1528

insensible?1531

miskenning1533

unsensible1560

witless1562

unfraught1587

unconceiving1593

stupid1595

small-knowing1598

surd1601

ununderstanding1611

unapprehensible1613

unperceiving?1623

unapprehensive1624

inapprehending1652

incomprehensive1652

inapprehensive1653

impenetrative1684

blind1692

uncomprehensive1694

unpenetrating1701

unmeaning1704

vacant1712

gilly-gaupus1754

unacute1775

unapprehending1794

unpenetrative1795

unwitted1828

uncomprehending1838

irrecognizant1845

vacuous1848

incomprehending1881

mush-headed1884

wantwit1894

doofus1967

acerebral1968

brain-dead1972

goofus1981

1652 W. Hartley Infant-baptism 10 To manifest charity where the object for reception of benefit is incomprehensive.

1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough i. ii Thou art an incomprehensive coxcomb.

1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 852 Like an unskilful and incomprehensive general, who, heedless of the main breast-work of the battle, pursues his wing of victory beyond limits.

2. Not inclusive; not comprising all that it should or might.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [adjective] > not comprehensive

incomprehensive1781

uncomprehensive1862

1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry IV. xliv. sig. A2^v A most incomprehensive and inaccurate title.

1851 [see incomprehensiveness n. at Derivatives].

II. Incomprehensible.

†3. Not to be comprehended or understood; incomprehensible. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [adjective]

uncouthc897

unnimlyc1225

incomprehensiblea1340

unsearchablec1384

unknowable?c1400

investigablea1425

uncomprehensiblea1425

unthinkablec1445

imperscrutablec1450

inscrutablec1450

inopinable?a1475

incomprenable1502

unspectable?1504

incogitablec1522

uncogitable1529

impenetrable1531

inimaginable1534

inexplicable1555

unsensible1555

unscrutable1562

unfashionable1563

unpenetrable1581

unexcogitable1592

ineffable1598

inexcogitable1599

indivinable1603

ininvestigable1604

incapable1605

searchless?1606

uncomprehensive1609

unconceivable1611

undivinable1611

unimaginable1611

unexplicable1615

unintelligible1616

unapprehensible?1617

unfathomable1617

imprehensible1622

ununderstandablea1631

indeprehensible1633

indiscernible1635

inscrute1639

inapprehensiblea1641

indiscoverable1640

unexaminable1641

impervestigable1643

fathomless1645

inconceivable1646

indeterminable1646

inexplorable1646

insearchable1647

incomprehended1652

comprehendlessa1654

incomprehensive1656

untraceable1661

uninvestigablea1677

unintelligent1683

incognoscible1691

thought-transcendinga1711

uncognizable1720

acataleptic1727

undescriptive1744

elusive1751

impalpable1781

inaccessible1796

unconjecturable1806

uncognoscible1821

unascertainable1827

unfixable1831

unguessable1832

unrealizable1832

unsurveyable1833

hard-shelled1835

unintellective1837

undeemed1845

graspless1849

unconjectured1850

incognizable1852

ungraspable1853

unreadable1853

super-cerebral1854

elusory1856

trans-conscious1865

intangible1880

uncatchable1892

unspelt1892

unplumbable1895

unknowledgeable1920

indiscutable1933

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. iv. 3* The first are comprehensive, the second incomprehensive, the Soul being weak in the discernment thereof, by reason of.., motions, mutations, and many other causes.

1735 H. Brooke Universal Beauty iii. Poems, etc. 1789 I. 217 Within, while wisdom dwells replete, Incomprehensive through his sacred seat.

1791 W. Taylor tr. Lessing Nathan i. (1868) 14 Methinks it brings us Just so much the nearer the incomprehensive First cause of preservation.

Derivatives

incompreˈhensively adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [adverb] > in an incomprehensive manner

incomprehensivelya1856

a1856 Sir W. Hamilton (O.) These are received only upon trust, as incomprehensively revealed facts.

incompreˈhensiveness n. (in quots. in sense 2.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [noun] > quality of not being comprehensive

incomprehensiveness1805

1805 W. Perry Synonymous Eng. Dict. Incomprehensiveness, the quality of being incomprehensive.

1851 I. Taylor Wesley & Methodism (1852) 81 The incomprehensiveness of the aspect under which it took its view of human nature.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	incomprehensive
释义	incomprehensiveadj. /ɪnkɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪv/ Etymology: in- prefix⁴. I. Not comprehensive. 1. Not understanding; deficient in mental grasp. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [adjective] unwittyc1000 heartlessa1382 meana1387 conceitless?c1425 insensuat1508 insensate1528 insensible?1531 miskenning1533 unsensible1560 witless1562 unfraught1587 unconceiving1593 stupid1595 small-knowing1598 surd1601 ununderstanding1611 unapprehensible1613 unperceiving?1623 unapprehensive1624 inapprehending1652 incomprehensive1652 inapprehensive1653 impenetrative1684 blind1692 uncomprehensive1694 unpenetrating1701 unmeaning1704 vacant1712 gilly-gaupus1754 unacute1775 unapprehending1794 unpenetrative1795 unwitted1828 uncomprehending1838 irrecognizant1845 vacuous1848 incomprehending1881 mush-headed1884 wantwit1894 doofus1967 acerebral1968 brain-dead1972 goofus1981 1652 W. Hartley Infant-baptism 10 To manifest charity where the object for reception of benefit is incomprehensive. 1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough i. ii Thou art an incomprehensive coxcomb. 1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 852 Like an unskilful and incomprehensive general, who, heedless of the main breast-work of the battle, pursues his wing of victory beyond limits. 2. Not inclusive; not comprising all that it should or might. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [adjective] > not comprehensive incomprehensive1781 uncomprehensive1862 1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry IV. xliv. sig. A2^v A most incomprehensive and inaccurate title. 1851 [see incomprehensiveness n. at Derivatives]. II. Incomprehensible. †3. Not to be comprehended or understood; incomprehensible. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [adjective] uncouthc897 unnimlyc1225 incomprehensiblea1340 unsearchablec1384 unknowable?c1400 investigablea1425 uncomprehensiblea1425 unthinkablec1445 imperscrutablec1450 inscrutablec1450 inopinable?a1475 incomprenable1502 unspectable?1504 incogitablec1522 uncogitable1529 impenetrable1531 inimaginable1534 inexplicable1555 unsensible1555 unscrutable1562 unfashionable1563 unpenetrable1581 unexcogitable1592 ineffable1598 inexcogitable1599 indivinable1603 ininvestigable1604 incapable1605 searchless?1606 uncomprehensive1609 unconceivable1611 undivinable1611 unimaginable1611 unexplicable1615 unintelligible1616 unapprehensible?1617 unfathomable1617 imprehensible1622 ununderstandablea1631 indeprehensible1633 indiscernible1635 inscrute1639 inapprehensiblea1641 indiscoverable1640 unexaminable1641 impervestigable1643 fathomless1645 inconceivable1646 indeterminable1646 inexplorable1646 insearchable1647 incomprehended1652 comprehendlessa1654 incomprehensive1656 untraceable1661 uninvestigablea1677 unintelligent1683 incognoscible1691 thought-transcendinga1711 uncognizable1720 acataleptic1727 undescriptive1744 elusive1751 impalpable1781 inaccessible1796 unconjecturable1806 uncognoscible1821 unascertainable1827 unfixable1831 unguessable1832 unrealizable1832 unsurveyable1833 hard-shelled1835 unintellective1837 undeemed1845 graspless1849 unconjectured1850 incognizable1852 ungraspable1853 unreadable1853 super-cerebral1854 elusory1856 trans-conscious1865 intangible1880 uncatchable1892 unspelt1892 unplumbable1895 unknowledgeable1920 indiscutable1933 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. iv. 3* The first are comprehensive, the second incomprehensive, the Soul being weak in the discernment thereof, by reason of.., motions, mutations, and many other causes. 1735 H. Brooke Universal Beauty iii. Poems, etc. 1789 I. 217 Within, while wisdom dwells replete, Incomprehensive through his sacred seat. 1791 W. Taylor tr. Lessing Nathan i. (1868) 14 Methinks it brings us Just so much the nearer the incomprehensive First cause of preservation. Derivatives incompreˈhensively adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [adverb] > in an incomprehensive manner incomprehensivelya1856 a1856 Sir W. Hamilton (O.) These are received only upon trust, as incomprehensively revealed facts. incompreˈhensiveness n. (in quots. in sense 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [noun] > quality of not being comprehensive incomprehensiveness1805 1805 W. Perry Synonymous Eng. Dict. Incomprehensiveness, the quality of being incomprehensive. 1851 I. Taylor Wesley & Methodism (1852) 81 The incomprehensiveness of the aspect under which it took its view of human nature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adj.1652
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