unintelligibilityn.
/ˌʌnɪnˌtɛlᵻdʒᵻˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌənᵻnˌtɛlədʒəˈbɪlᵻdi/ (un- prefix1 6; cf. unintelligible adj. and n.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [noun]
obscuritya1522
incomprehensibility1598
entangledness1611
unconceivableness1611
unsearchableness1611
indiscernibleness1649
inscrutability1654
undiscoverableness1656
unscrutableness1657
unimaginableness1659
inconceivableness1661
unintelligibility1661
imperscrutableness1664
unknowableness1664
unintelligibleness1678
unfathomableness1690
inscrutableness1727
incognoscibility1824
uncognoscibility1827
unconjecturability1827
impenetrability1847
inconceivability1847
intangibility1847
untraceableness1856
incognizabilityc1860
incomprehensibleness1862
unknowability1863
unthinkability1865
elusiveness1873
1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing iii. 23 To credit the unintelligibility..of this union and motion.
1719 T. Burnet's Theory Earth (ed. 4) i. vii. 107 If we have truly prov'd..the Impossibility or Unintelligibility of it in all other ways.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. iv. 69 Their own ruin which must obviously be the direct consequence of their unintelligibility.
1866 C. C. Felton Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. ii. 288 Lycophron, chiefly famous for his unintelligibility.
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