incomprehensible

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

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adjective

impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
Archaic. limitless; not limited or capable of being limited.

Origin of incomprehensible

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

Other words for incomprehensible

1	baffling, bewildering, obscure

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Other words from incomprehensible

in·com·pre·hen·si·bil·i·ty, in·com·pre·hen·si·ble·ness, noun
in·com·pre·hen·si·bly, adverb
su·per·in·com·pre·hen·si·ble, adjective
su·per·in·com·pre·hen·si·ble·ness, noun
su·per·in·com·pre·hen·si·bly, adverb

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How to use incomprehensible in a sentence

Supposedly the Principia was such an incomprehensible monster of that few could make much sense of it.
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One night Dwyer-Jones responded with a string of “incomprehensible” text messages to Carrolyn’s mother, Anna Bean, claiming she was in the hospital.
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Such a deceptively simple question – and yet one that has been made nearly incomprehensible by the government officials trying to answer it.
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In the very unlucky few, these same bacteria incomprehensibly invade and cause disease rather than simply go along for the ride.
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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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During the first months, he found himself incomprehensibly, riotously happy.
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As long as a person thinks he is right he is going to be incomprehensibly proud and presumptuous.
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And nearly everybody had, in the kind, done work curiously and almost incomprehensibly faulty.
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"The jingling of the guinea heals," said the stranger, incomprehensibly.
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Once they left the road and strayed off into the lava, incomprehensibly to me; but Maverick understood, and pressed forward.
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British Dictionary definitions for incomprehensible

incomprehensible

/ (ˌɪnkɒmprɪˈhɛnsəbəl, ɪnˌkɒm-) /

adjective

incapable of being understood; unintelligible
archaic limitless; boundless

Derived forms of incomprehensible

incomprehensibility or incomprehensibleness, noun
incomprehensibly, adverb

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