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

incompletely, incompleteness, incompletion, incompliant, incomprehensibility, incomprehensibly, incomprehensibly, incomprehension, incomprehensive, incompressible, incomputable

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.
The Real Adventure|Henry Kitchell Webster

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.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for incomprehensibly