incomprehensible

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

/ ˌɪn kɒm prɪˈhɛn sə bəl, ɪnˌkɒm- /

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adjective

impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.

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

Nearby words

incomplete foot presentation, incomplete fracture, incomplete metamorphosis, incompletion, incompliant, incomprehensible, incomprehension, incomprehensive, incompressible, incomputable, inconceivable

Origin of incomprehensible

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

SYNONYMS FOR incomprehensible

1 baffling, bewildering, obscure.

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Related forms

in·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

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Examples from the Web for incomprehensibly

Some disenchanted Americans gave vent to a racial displeasure over this incomprehensibly exotic Miss America.
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Incomprehensibly, many women in the U.S. lack access to health care.
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Now, judging by the scent, the object of his curiosity was close at hand—yet incomprehensibly invisible.
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She glanced up and asked him, incomprehensibly, to walk on the other side, the way they had been.
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She reached up and patted his face; even her gestures were incomprehensibly childlike.
Through Welsh Doorways|Jeannette Augustus Marks
Now, she seemed completely and incomprehensibly changed on this point.
Basil|Wilkie Collins
Michael preferred an inspiration more immediately visual to Stella's incomprehensibly boundless observations.
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British Dictionary definitions for incomprehensibly