as in unintelligible
impossible to understand
rocket science is incomprehensible to most people
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Recent Examples of incomprehensible
By dismissing shooters as incomprehensible villains, Peterson says, families and communities may miss warning signs in the young people around them.
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Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
Even seemingly outlandish and incomprehensible claims called in to tip lines were examined.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
Even seemingly outlandish and incomprehensible claims, called in to tip lines, were examined.
—Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
Olympic opening ceremonies can so often come off as overchoreographed, incomprehensible, or just plain weird.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 6 Feb. 2026
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Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
Even seemingly outlandish and incomprehensible claims called in to tip lines were examined.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
Even seemingly outlandish and incomprehensible claims, called in to tip lines, were examined.
—Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
Olympic opening ceremonies can so often come off as overchoreographed, incomprehensible, or just plain weird.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomprehensible
Adjective
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Instead, first-time director Fergus Campbell drops us directly into Cleo’s world — no parents, no rules and every authority figure is obscured, like the unintelligible adults in Peanuts cartoons.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Mar. 2026
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Later audio intel from subsidiary figures is likewise frequently rendered unintelligible by distortion, staticky transmission, etc.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Many joked that the clip explained years of mysterious toy discoveries beneath their own furniture.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Unfortunately, Grace can’t see into the mysterious, opaque little organisms until a dead one becomes translucent.—
Deana L. Weibel,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Then men had the grit, the unfathomable grit, to claw back from a 19-point deficit to win one of the most dramatic games in the history of either team.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2026
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The industry still cannot come to grips with the previously unfathomable scenario of the strait staying shuttered for a prolonged period of time.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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This lack of strategic continuity is confusing, even for the players.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
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The next few seconds were chaotic and confusing.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Yet, Tory Burch has always had the uncanny ability to peer into the future and unlock our unconscious desires.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Nuggets’ forwards have an uncanny habit of getting hurt all at once.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Costs of jet fuel are spiraling, along with more esoteric commodities such as helium.—
Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2026
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That’s what notation makes possible — the esoteric.—
John Pavlus,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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David Benioff wrote 25th Hour (great), Troy (good), and then Stay, this nearly impenetrable psychological thriller that plays out like The Machinist through a David Lynch filter.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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To regulators, crypto appeared as one impenetrable blur of internet scam.—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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His big break came when the Tar Heels hired him — a guy with direct connections to Air Force and Kansas, but not so much to UNC — to be an obscure assistant coach.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026
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Rename the file, banish it to some obscure folder.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Incomprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incomprehensible. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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