as in unintelligible
impossible to understand
rocket science is incomprehensible to most people
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Recent Examples of incomprehensible
And as the discourse around it keeps stacking up, what started as a silly turn of phrase has devolved into an incomprehensible mess that’s preventing people from noticing the much more insidious shift around them.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2025
This is because for the first Daemon X Machina, the story was an incomprehensible mess.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
The first months of 2025 have felt like a movie suddenly speeding up, images rushing by so fast that the dialogue is an almost incomprehensible gabble.
—Margaret MacMillan, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
The series of posts demonstrated Mr. Cooper’s gift for asking one side to inhabit the seemingly incomprehensible mind-set of the other.
—Joseph Bernstein, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2025
This is because for the first Daemon X Machina, the story was an incomprehensible mess.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
The first months of 2025 have felt like a movie suddenly speeding up, images rushing by so fast that the dialogue is an almost incomprehensible gabble.
—Margaret MacMillan, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
The series of posts demonstrated Mr. Cooper’s gift for asking one side to inhabit the seemingly incomprehensible mind-set of the other.
—Joseph Bernstein, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomprehensible
Adjective
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However, audio quality can make or break social media content and while some people can tolerate less-than-perfect video, poor and unintelligible sound often has audiences swiping left.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Airports and airplanes do not have a monopoly on unintelligible announcements.—
Michel A. Ibrahim,
Baltimore Sun,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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As the stakes rise inside and outside the family, a mysterious new threat emerges…one that could unravel the Russos forever.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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Things took a turn after the former couple found their dog Musso chewing on a mysterious object.—
Daysia Tolentino,
EW.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But carrying around a little mini garbage can for our butts is unfathomable.—
Jeremy D. Larson,
Pitchfork,
14 Aug. 2025
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Now, Caron and Kirby have teamed up again for this emotional roller coaster of a film, with Lynette going to unfathomable lengths to protect her family’s future.—
Jeff Conway,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Young has lofted up passes in practice and McMillan has shown off his uncanny ability to pluck the ball out of the air.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Aug. 2025
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Until then, get to know the woman with an uncanny resemblance to Caitríona Balfe’s Claire and her fascinating entry into the Outlander universe.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The concern is understandable since the result could well become something too esoteric or scholarly for its own good.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
1 Aug. 2025
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Thus, every Sunday there would be a large gathering of family on the farm to enjoy an esoteric dark roux gumbo.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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Frere-Jones manages to make Hardwick’s sometimes impenetrable prose sound like the coolest hat trick.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
24 July 2025
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Royal carriages are, of course, not quite as impenetrable as the presidential state car, nicknamed The Beast.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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His classical, sometimes obscure tastes contrasted with Pomeranz’s appreciation for Hollywood blockbusters, making their debates supremely entertaining as well as enlightening.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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Some — like the emblem of the 101st Airborne and the 1st Cavalry — are easily recognizable but others are more obscure.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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Both the New Heights podcast and Taylor Nation hinted at the announcement with cryptic social media posts on Monday morning, sending fans into an investigative frenzy.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
12 Aug. 2025
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But the anticipation — and online speculation — spiked on Monday, after the star released a series of cryptic social media posts.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Incomprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incomprehensible. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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