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noncomprehending

  • a word derived from comprehend.
    comprehend
    verb (used with object)
    to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive.

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“Are you seeing this?” he yelled in German at a noncomprehending referee.

From Washington Post Feb. 8, 2017

Alas, her throaty French fell on noncomprehending ears: he was German.

From Time Magazine Archive

She simply stared at her caller in a noncomprehending manner.

From The Zeppelin's Passenger by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim