incomprehension
noun
in·com·pre·hen·sion
(ˌ)in-ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-shən 
: lack of comprehension or understanding
Examples of incomprehension in a Sentence
She gave me a look of complete incomprehension.
He viewed the situation with incomprehension.
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The story is the incomprehension on everyone’s face.
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Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 11 May 2025
There is, equally, a certain childish hope that Vuong’s reader will approach him with the benevolent incomprehension of a maternal figure.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025
At this point, armed with insights about labor, the commodity, and the money-form, the reader may be shedding any melancholy incomprehension—but can’t yet have arrived at angry lucidity.
—Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
The piece, as is true of much of my reporting, grew from my own incomprehension and curiosity about what was going on.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2025
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Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 11 May 2025
There is, equally, a certain childish hope that Vuong’s reader will approach him with the benevolent incomprehension of a maternal figure.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025
At this point, armed with insights about labor, the commodity, and the money-form, the reader may be shedding any melancholy incomprehension—but can’t yet have arrived at angry lucidity.
—Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
The piece, as is true of much of my reporting, grew from my own incomprehension and curiosity about what was going on.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for incomprehension
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“Incomprehension.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incomprehension. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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incomprehension
noun
in·com·pre·hen·sion
(ˌ)in-ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen-chən
: lack of understanding
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