incomprehensible

[in-kom-pri-hen-suh-buhl, in-kom-]

adjective

1. impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.

   Synonyms: obscure, bewildering, baffling

2. Archaic.,  limitless; not limited or capable of being limited.

incomprehensible

/ ɪnˌkɒm-, ˌɪnkɒmprɪˈhɛnsəbəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being understood; unintelligible

2. archaic,  limitless; boundless

Other Word Forms

• incomprehensibility noun
• incomprehensibleness noun
• incomprehensibly adverb
• superincomprehensible adjective
• superincomprehensibleness noun
• superincomprehensibly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of incomprehensible¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word incomprehēnsibilis. See in- ³, comprehensible

Example Sentences

That momentum was halted by a prolonged VAR check, the outcome of which was incomprehensible to most - if not all - at Parkhead.

From BBC

"I found Mrs Shemirani's care of her daughter incomprehensible but not unlawful killing," Ms Wood said.

From BBC

Justice Puri said when he looked at the medico-legal report - written by a government doctor who had examined the woman - he found it incomprehensible.

From BBC

“Let me be incomprehensible,” she pleads on “Incomprehensible.”

From Los Angeles Times

In the words of pollster Jerome Fourquet last week, "It is like an incomprehensible play being acted out in front of an empty theatre."

From BBC

Related Words

• baffling 
• impenetrable 
• inconceivable 
• mystifying www.thesaurus.com
• opaque 
• puzzling 
• unfathomable 
• unimaginable 
• unintelligible