incomprehension
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of incomprehension
First recorded in 1595–1605; in- 3 + comprehension
Example Sentences
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Puthli’s life embodies pop music in the post-colonial world, with all its promise and incomprehension.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024
Like the peevish alien Roger from American Dad, Sam’s general attitude toward the human world in which he finds himself is equal parts incomprehension and condescension.
From Slate • Oct. 5, 2023
Pádraic's distress and incomprehension around Colm's rejection allows McDonagh to explore not only the grief experienced when adult friends decouple, but also vicariously the collapse of childhood friendships or family estrangements.
From Salon • Jan. 16, 2023
Most of its electricity, however, comes from renewables and there is growing incomprehension among the Austrian public at the market system where gas and power prices are closely linked.
From Reuters • Aug. 28, 2022
But I can well imagine their faces tightened by incomprehension as they read my words.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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