incomprehensible

adjective

in·com·pre·hen·si·ble | \ (ˌ)in-ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-bəl

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Definition of incomprehensible

1 : impossible to comprehend : unintelligible incomprehensible instructions

2 archaic : having or subject to no limits

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Other Words from incomprehensible

incomprehensibility \ (ˌ)in-ˌkäm-pri-ˌhen(t)-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē

\ noun

incomprehensibleness noun

incomprehensibly \ (ˌ)in-ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-blē

\ adverb

Examples of incomprehensible in a Sentence

I found his behavior utterly incomprehensible. It's incomprehensible to me that he could have acted that way.

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They, in turn, will be held to incomprehensible and useless standards of political purity. — Crispin Sartwell, WSJ, "Don’t Give to Your Alma Mater," 22 Feb. 2019 Trump probably would have found the questions absurd, or incomprehensible. — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, "For Roseanne Barr and Bill Cosby, their names, unfortunately, were their shows," 1 June 2018 Inflation has risen by an incomprehensible 833,997 percent in the past 12 months, and the commercial consequences are outright dystopian. — Luke.winkie, Vox, "Inside Venezuela’s YouTube prank economy," 12 Dec. 2018 To visit the Musée Nissim de Camondo is to confront the haunting juxtaposition of arresting beauty and the incomprehensible rupture of the Shoah, the past that will not pass. — James Mcauley, Town & Country, "A Secret Paris Museum and an Aristocratic Family Decimated by the Holocaust," 9 Feb. 2017 To be told that you must be resigned to being murdered in school should feel incomprehensible. — Danielle Tcholakian, Longreads, "The ‘Treasonous’ Teens Living in One Nation Under Guns," 30 May 2018 Contorting itself even further to accommodate incomprehensible rights could discredit the court with a strong majority of the American people. — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, "Trump Blows Away a Penumbra," 4 July 2018 AP When Whitney Houston died in 2012, the news was at once incomprehensible and expected. — Katie Walsh, Detroit Free Press, "Review: Whitney Houston doc is raw and revealing," 5 July 2018 Accountant While there is plenty of accounting software available, tax codes and deductions remain incomprehensible for most, keeping accounting an in-demand skill. 6. — Jenny Knizner, USA TODAY, "20 In-Demand Freelance Skills That’ll Get You Hired Today," 4 June 2018

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