as in unintelligible
impossible to understand
rocket science is incomprehensible to most people
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Recent Examples of incomprehensible
Yeah, the whole thing is basically incomprehensible.
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A Martínez, NPR, 14 May 2025
But the most incomprehensible issue of all is how the 22-story, 239-foot building proposed on Turquoise Street in north Pacific Beach was ever a possibility.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2025
Consumers have gotten used to a complicated annual plan selection, confusing industry jargon, and incomprehensible coverage policies.
—Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Every version of it, whether recorded in a studio, live with a full orchestra or only a piano, just rails through absolutely incomprehensible storytelling (something about virgins on a spaceship?) with a lusty guitar and smashed piano chords.
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
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A Martínez, NPR, 14 May 2025
But the most incomprehensible issue of all is how the 22-story, 239-foot building proposed on Turquoise Street in north Pacific Beach was ever a possibility.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2025
Consumers have gotten used to a complicated annual plan selection, confusing industry jargon, and incomprehensible coverage policies.
—Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Every version of it, whether recorded in a studio, live with a full orchestra or only a piano, just rails through absolutely incomprehensible storytelling (something about virgins on a spaceship?) with a lusty guitar and smashed piano chords.
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomprehensible
Adjective
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In a life-or-death emergency, voice signals might fade or be unintelligible; Morse code could punch through static and bad weather.—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Decisions once made by human engineers in the future are now being executed by models whose internal logic may be unintelligible even to their creators.—
Anuj Tyagi,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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All do so, apart from the titular madman, who has a mysterious reason to stay behind.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
20 June 2025
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The story in the graphic novel picks up 10 years after the events of the eponymous 1980 movie, as Joliet Jake disappears from prison under mysterious circumstances.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2025
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Just as Natalia was starting her journalism career, the executives who controlled the industry were working to reinvent how daily newspapers operated — at the expense of an almost unfathomable number of journalists.—
Megan Greenwell,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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The concept is wild, but not completely unfathomable.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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Wilson demonstrated an uncanny gift for harmonic invention and complex vocal and instrumental arrangements.—
Roy Trakin,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2025
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Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, there is a reason this haunting, uncanny novel has such enduring appeal.—
Miriam Gershow
June 9,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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Thus began an extended conversation about esoteric sounds that has continued to this day.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
6 June 2025
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These esoteric Calabi-Yau structures, formerly on the frontier of theoretical physics, could be just the beginning.—
Ramin Skibba,
Scientific American,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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And where leadership believes their infrastructure is impenetrable, red teams often walk through the front door with nothing more than confidence and a cover story.—
Jochen Schwenk,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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To say that this film is impenetrable is an understatement.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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This obscure law vested NOAA with the authority to issue permits for mining beyond American jurisdiction until an international regime was put in place.—
Time,
Time,
17 June 2025
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That Davis exhibited but ultimately painted over the other two works in his geometric series might suggest some dissatisfaction with their admittedly obscure nature.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2025
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Gad teased work on the project in 2024 with a cryptic Instagram post that blocked out certain sections on the script’s cover page.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2025
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This Instagram comment comes amid a series of cryptic social media posts shared by Bieber and growing concerns for him.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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“Incomprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incomprehensible. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.
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