incomprehension
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of incomprehension
First recorded in 1595–1605; in- 3 + comprehension
Example Sentences
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Like the high-Modernist works of William Faulkner, “Call It Sleep” was initially met with incomprehension; a revival decades later established it as a rightful classic of the Jewish-American experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Farrell, who also narrates in a soft voice, often wears a look of shy incomprehension, as if a beat behind in translating the world around him, a stranger in a strange land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
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
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
The topic of the discussion is how we struggle to reconcile the indubitable fact of death with our incomprehension of the possibility that a person can no longer exist.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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