incomprehensibility
Americannoun
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The incomprehensibility of it all, of every awful thing wreaking havoc at once, has Gus in a state of jocular shock.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025
In other words, the incomprehensibility of space-time can feel small and Monday night can last forever.
From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2022
The doctor was smiling at the good news, but I was frozen, expressionless, anesthetized by the incomprehensibility of this new state of affairs.
From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2020
She has said that the shock and fear and resignation created by this incomprehensibility are at the core of her writing.
From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2020
I rejoice still in the comfort of its incomprehensibility.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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