incomprehensive
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- incomprehensively adverb
- incomprehensiveness noun
Etymology
Origin of incomprehensive
First recorded in 1645–55; in- 3 + comprehensive
Example Sentences
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The space embraces all kinds of contradictions — cold but intimate, remote yet accessible, incomprehensive yet inclusive.
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2017
As a retrospective survey it was slanted and incomprehensive; as a concert it was clear-headed, sturdy and engaging, with Mr. Marsalis himself in superlative form.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2011
His team-mates stared at him in incomprehensive amazement.
From Over the Line by Sherman, Harold Morrow
He leaned upon his rake looking after her, his gray eyes gathered into an incomprehensive squint.
From Tess of the Storm Country by White, Grace Miller
He had fifty pounds in the Savings Bank, the maximum of petty thrift which an incomprehensive British Government encourages, and a fair, though unknown, sum in an iron money-box hidden behind his washstand.
From The Fortunate Youth by Locke, William John
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