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[ in-kom-pri-hen-suh-buhl, in-kom- ] / ˌɪn kɒm prɪˈhɛn sə bəl, ɪnˌkɒm- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR incomprehensible ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveimpossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible. Archaic. limitless; not limited or capable of being limited. Origin of incomprehensibleFirst recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word incomprehēnsibilis.See in-3, comprehensible SYNONYMS FOR incomprehensible1 baffling, bewildering, obscure. SEE SYNONYMS FOR incomprehensible ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM incomprehensiblein·com·pre·hen·si·bil·i·ty, in·com·pre·hen·si·ble·ness, nounin·com·pre·hen·si·bly, adverbsu·per·in·com·pre·hen·si·ble, adjectivesu·per·in·com·pre·hen·si·ble·ness, noun su·per·in·com·pre·hen·si·bly, adverb Words nearby incomprehensibleincomplete foot presentation, incomplete fracture, incomplete metamorphosis, incompletion, incompliant, incomprehensible, incomprehension, incomprehensive, incompressible, incomputable, inconceivable Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for incomprehensibleHe frequently slips into Neapolitan dialect so thick that is incomprehensible. The Costa Concordia’s Randy Reckless Captain Takes the Stand|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Scottish language is, as all good Third World languages must be, incomprehensible. Up to a Point: A Free Scotland Would Be a Hilarious Disaster|P. J. O’Rourke|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Their stories were told again and again in an attempt to assimilate the tragedy, to comprehend the incomprehensible. The Resilient City: New York After 9/11|John Avlon|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST A former senior advisor to Karzai says that his recent manner of dealing with the BSA has been “incomprehensible for Afghans.” Afghan Diplomat: The Security Agreement Will Be Signed|Jacob Siegel, Sami Yousafzai|January 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When they received an incomprehensible cable from Grenada, they just ignored it. Remembering The Invasion of Grenada 30 Years On|Michael Ledeen|October 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST To Thee, incomprehensible God, be honour and praise for ever! Memoirs of Leonora Christina|Leonora Christina Ulfeldt All this must stay below; for the measureless radiance blinds the eyes of the reason, they cannot bear the Incomprehensible Light. Ruysbroeck|Evelyn Underhill How could he think of work as a drudgery, how others could look upon it as such was incomprehensible to him. Wilford Woodruff|Matthias F. Cowley Pelle bore the whole endless wandering within himself: it lay deep in his heart, like a great and incomprehensible patience. Pelle the Conqueror, Complete|Martin Anderson Nexo Paul looked on with an embarrassed smile, like a puzzled affectionate dog at the incomprehensible mirth of humans. The Desert and The Sown|Mary Hallock Foote
British Dictionary definitions for incomprehensible/ (ˌɪnkɒmprɪˈhɛnsəbəl, ɪnˌkɒm-) /
adjectiveincapable of being understood; unintelligible archaic limitless; boundless Derived forms of incomprehensibleincomprehensibility or incomprehensibleness, nounincomprehensibly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to incomprehensibleunimaginable, unintelligible, puzzling, impenetrable, opaque, unfathomable, baffling, mystifying, inconceivable, cryptic, enigmatic, inscrutable, mysterious, obscure, perplexing, sibylline, unclear, beats me, clear as mud, fathomless |