as in unintelligible
impossible to understand
rocket science is incomprehensible to most people
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Recent Examples of incomprehensible
When technology changes so quickly that even Millennials are shaking their heads at Gen Z’s incomprehensible habits, what chance do ageing parents have to stay a step ahead of their kids?
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Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
This is something incomprehensible to any human being.
—Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
Because Lynch’s whole deal was about engagement — connection through friction, comprehension through acknowledging the incomprehensible world all around us, empathy by way of bridging the gap between disparate concepts.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Also, incomprehensible to anyone that understands water policy in the state.
—NBC News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
This is something incomprehensible to any human being.
—Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
Because Lynch’s whole deal was about engagement — connection through friction, comprehension through acknowledging the incomprehensible world all around us, empathy by way of bridging the gap between disparate concepts.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Also, incomprehensible to anyone that understands water policy in the state.
—NBC News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomprehensible
Adjective
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But wait: That angry voice seems to grow louder, if still unintelligible — and is now joined by the murmuring of others.—
John Hanc,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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From our review: Khan’s lack of screen presence, toothless mixed martial arts sequences and unintelligible editing further knock the film down.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Sometimes life works in mysterious ways and it’s denied Lucas the opportunity to play in a big game last night.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Brosnan, 71, plays Irish lawman Gabriel Dove, while Jackson, 76, plays a mysterious outlaw calling himself St. Christopher.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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Zendaya is something of a style icon, known for her bold, distinctive outfits, but TikTokers reckon that the Dune star is hiding an unfathomable secret inside her oversized hat.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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The expansion of the loophole for tariff-free shipments of goods nearly a decade ago gave rise to Temu, Shein and other low-cost online retailers offering items straight from Chinese factories at unfathomable discounts.—
Daisuke Wakabayashi,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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Each week, Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie Cale would drive into a new locale, discover that a murder had taken place, and solve it using her uncanny ability to recognize when people are lying.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
9 May 2025
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The weekly Colombo-esque whodunnit follows Lyonne as Charlie Cale, a woman whose uncanny ability to spot a lie routinely gets her in trouble.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
8 May 2025
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Before beginning the actual development work on a new construction software platform, technology providers must take the esoteric concept of empathy and put it into practice.—
Michael Pink,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Science research can be esoteric; saving someone's body or mind is not.—
Ars Staff,
ArsTechnica,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There are also many systems to contend with that can be slightly impenetrable for newcomers.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
21 Apr. 2025
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Most of those minerals are currently buried beneath thick sheets of previously impenetrable ice.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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These renderings obscure just how much conventional warfare took place in Vietnam.—
Made by History,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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Parsing a FromSoftware game's obscure plot is as tricky as taking down its brutal enemies.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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The crime scene was made more terrifying by a cryptic message the killer scrawled across a wall near the victims that demanded drug money.—
David Schutz,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2025
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Amid all the trade rumors going on, Antetokounmpo has made a cryptic social media post.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 May 2025
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“Incomprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incomprehensible. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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