as in unintelligible
impossible to understand
rocket science is incomprehensible to most people
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Recent Examples of incomprehensible
To many others, the value of these relationships is incomprehensible.
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Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
The idea of a child actor doing these stunts seems incomprehensible today, but the Cop and a Half star has a simple reason why those stunts were allowed.
—Mark Gray, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Today, the idea of adhering to the internal politics of a scene (avoiding a major label, not selling a song to a corporation) seems quaint, if not incomprehensible; an ethos of relentless growth has mostly replaced any spirit of rebelliousness.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
Drummer culture is its own tribe within the music world, with a language that’s designed to be incomprehensible to outsiders.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for incomprehensible
Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
The idea of a child actor doing these stunts seems incomprehensible today, but the Cop and a Half star has a simple reason why those stunts were allowed.
—Mark Gray, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Today, the idea of adhering to the internal politics of a scene (avoiding a major label, not selling a song to a corporation) seems quaint, if not incomprehensible; an ethos of relentless growth has mostly replaced any spirit of rebelliousness.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
Drummer culture is its own tribe within the music world, with a language that’s designed to be incomprehensible to outsiders.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for incomprehensible
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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In an effort to help the group retrieve it, Guy encounters William Fitchner’s Jasper, a mysterious American who has quietly assumed control and influence over the Talamasca’s London Motherhouse.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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Released in 2004, the film follows Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, who finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The years slowly moved away from us, its silence uncanny, but the smell of carcasses was unfathomable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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The scale of the devastation is unfathomable.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Choosing a new kitchen counter can be confusing.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
4 Sep. 2025
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But for as long as social media is a part of the childhood experience, parents and children will be forced to navigate this confusing world of misinformation and unrealistic messaging.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The company’s extraordinary rise from an upstart carmaker to a global force in sustainable energy and transport has been fueled by his relentless ambition and uncanny ability to attract capital.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Although Romano rightly considered her depictions of dreams to be realistic, the book itself, with its uncanny, fragmented narratives, could not have been more distinct from the neorealist literature that was in vogue at the time.—
Brian Robert Moore
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Unfortunately, tenure, even in the best schools, gets rewarded to professors who write articles filled with complex math or esoteric theories in sociology and psychology.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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While the syntax of esoteric languages may be hard to understand, the actual programming stack is often wonderfully simple.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This is all meant to be impenetrable to outsiders, which is one reason for the confusion that follows shootings such as the one in Minneapolis.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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Yet, across the water, a seemingly impenetrable wall of the invasive plants sways in the wind, several feet tall.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The brand’s giant green owl mascot dances badly, makes obscure pop culture references and pokes fun at the company’s push notifications.—
Leeron Walter,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, compared to 2005’s Broken Flowers, this is a wilfully obscure step back to his deadpan, experimental roots, a gentle, almost deliberately un-film that is best not viewed in too much proximity to the witching hour.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Incomprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incomprehensible. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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