as in unintelligible
impossible to understand
rocket science is incomprehensible to most people
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Recent Examples of incomprehensible
If not for the frame of the goal and an incomprehensible Riccardo Califiori block, the outlook of the game could have been very different going into the break.
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Mark Carey, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
And sometimes tragic death truly is incomprehensible.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
By dismissing shooters as incomprehensible villains, Peterson says, families and communities may miss warning signs in the young people around them.
—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
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Mark Carey, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
And sometimes tragic death truly is incomprehensible.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
By dismissing shooters as incomprehensible villains, Peterson says, families and communities may miss warning signs in the young people around them.
—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
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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
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The flyby lasted seven hours, during which the astronauts could enjoy views of the lunar surface previously unseen by human eyes, with about 21% of the moon’s mysterious far side illuminated by the sun from the crew’s perspective.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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This April, readers have plenty of new books to look forward to, including a metafictional exploration of memory, a look at the effects of family vlogging and a mysterious depiction of gentrification in Brooklyn.—
Theara Coleman,
TheWeek,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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These Chicago scientists and engineers played a critical role in the Manhattan Project, helping develop the atomic bombs that were used to bring about the unfathomable destruction in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.—
Daniel Holz,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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The notion of drafting Simpson with the 11th pick is unfathomable.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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The digital menu is divided into a handful of confusing categories that force you to rely on your previous memory of what’s on offer, not only because finding new options is so difficult, but also because even looking for them is inordinately time-consuming.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
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Set in New Jersey, the story follows an ethnically and religiously confusing family fronted by hardware store owner Linda (Laurie Metcalf), who decides after the death of her mother to run for mayor of their midsized town.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Apr. 2026
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When will Connecticut wake up and finally understand that their beloved Blumenthal – and his uncanny infatuation with lawsuits and investigations – has single-handedly sabotaged the state’s chances of ever being seriously considered again for a professional sports franchise?—
Matthew Chudoba,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2026
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Their uncanny beauty lies in their bold maximalism.—
Megan Paetzhold,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
5 Apr. 2026
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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
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That dominance has created a near-impenetrable moat.—
Scott Nations,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2026
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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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That 300-work show built on Walter Hopps’s legendary exhibition for the Pasadena Art Museum—held in 1963, at a time when Duchamp was still relatively obscure—and solidified the artist’s place in the canon.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Piecing together information on Kia and the circumstance of his obscure death is difficult, but two weeks ago his mother said in a short clip that he was killed in an attack.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Incomprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incomprehensible. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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