incomprehensible
impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
Archaic. limitless; not limited or capable of being limited.
Origin of incomprehensible
1Other words for incomprehensible
Other words from incomprehensible
- in·com·pre·hen·si·bil·i·ty, in·com·pre·hen·si·ble·ness, noun
- in·com·pre·hen·si·bly, adverb
- su·per·in·com·pre·hen·si·ble, adjective
- su·per·in·com·pre·hen·si·ble·ness, noun
- su·per·in·com·pre·hen·si·bly, adverb
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How to use incomprehensible in a sentence
You can either say it’s impossibly difficult to imagine how the physical organ becomes the experiencing subject, so they must belong to two different universes and therefore, the subjective experience is incomprehensible and outside of science.
Last year, for example, the Norwegian Consumer Council reported MyHeritage to the national consumer protection and data authorities after a legal assessment of the T&Cs found the contract it asks customers to sign to be “incomprehensible”.
MyHeritage now lets you animate old family photos using deepfakery | Natasha Lomas | February 26, 2021 | TechCrunchThe story of “Fortnite,” as incomprehensible as it seems, is actually about reality and worlds clashing together.
That feat, the overcoming of incomprehensible distances and even greater odds, is what creates feelings of awe.
The Science of Awe and the Mars Perseverance Rover | Susanna Schrobsdorff | February 21, 2021 | TimeWhen I review the text now, though, it seems incomprehensible.
Online classes are difficult for the hard of hearing. Here’s how to fix that. | Eli Reiter | February 9, 2021 | Popular-Science
He 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 | THE DAILY BEASTTo be clear, I was not treading anywhere near the even more incomprehensible realm of (gasp) relationship definition.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir stories were told again and again in an attempt to assimilate the tragedy, to comprehend the incomprehensible.
People here have adapted to a way of life that seems almost incomprehensible to those living in other parts of the world.
The Israeli App Red Alert Saves Lives—but It Just Might Drive You Nuts | Itay Hod | July 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRinderpest, or some other incomprehensible disease, affected and decimated the imported herds.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanI speak always according to worldly notions, always reverencing those incomprehensible ways which are not our ways.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)It seems incomprehensible that these children should not be reclaimed, still more incomprehensible that no one seeks to do it.
Friend Mac Donald | Max O'RellThere is only one who is incomprehensible, who stands alone and aloof in his greatness—Leo Tolstoi.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyAt last the weary one passed away from a world where the doings had all been dark and incomprehensible to her.
British Dictionary definitions for incomprehensible
/ (ˌɪnkɒmprɪˈhɛnsəbəl, ɪnˌkɒm-) /
incapable of being understood; unintelligible
archaic limitless; boundless
Derived forms of incomprehensible
- incomprehensibility or incomprehensibleness, noun
- incomprehensibly, adverb
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