as in unintelligible
impossible to understand
rocket science is incomprehensible to most people
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Recent Examples of incomprehensible
The majesty of the natural world and the incomprehensible vastness of space are almost infinitely rearrangeable variables for documentarians.
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David Faris, TheWeek, 13 Apr. 2026
Arthur is a creepy dude, a generic-looking cellphone store employee with an incomprehensible plan.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
The incomprehensible war with Iran was the last straw.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
Chloe’s arrival felt almost incomprehensible to a couple who once believed parenthood was out of reach.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
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David Faris, TheWeek, 13 Apr. 2026
Arthur is a creepy dude, a generic-looking cellphone store employee with an incomprehensible plan.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
The incomprehensible war with Iran was the last straw.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
Chloe’s arrival felt almost incomprehensible to a couple who once believed parenthood was out of reach.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for incomprehensible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomprehensible
Adjective
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Brig is in the Upper Valais, a gaunt and conservative place where the inhabitants speak Walliser German, an Alpine dialect that many Swiss people find unintelligible.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Death penalty states generally allow last statements from the execution chamber, but Texas catalogs the prisoners’ last words online, except for vulgar and racist language or what sounds unintelligible.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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Brandon Aiyuk’s recent emergence on social media now includes his bluntest message yet about a mysterious estrangement with the 49ers.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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The mysterious illness would later take on the town's name, Lyme disease.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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So to not have caught this at some earlier stage was just unfathomable to me.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
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That level of wealth, all owned by just one person, was once unfathomable.—
Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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As with other animal welfare labels, there is a large and sometimes confusing range of labels describing eggs produced in kinder ways.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Others behave like misleading traffic signs, sending confusing instructions.—
Charles J. Dimitroff,
The Conversation,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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But their inner lives don’t hold shape the way her little girls (and boys) do, with their uncanny dialogue and idiosyncratic observations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Eastern Forest Tick Examined under a microscope, this minuscule parasite bears an uncanny resemblance to your childhood bully, right down to its mullet and Van Halen T-shirt.—
Jay Ruttenberg,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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Such a fracture would normally sink a band, especially one that had been active for a decade, with five ambitious, esoteric albums to their credit and a solid, but perhaps not growing, fan base.—
Reed Jackson,
SPIN,
12 June 2026
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Sounds kind of esoteric, but actually a lot of fundamental discoveries were made from that system that ended up relating to things like how human chromosomes go awry and give rise to cancer.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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For 82 games and three-plus playoff rounds, the bunker remained impenetrable.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
9 June 2026
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Which is okay, because the XLE serves as something of an impenetrable panic room and command center once parked.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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My family tree was obscure, its branches hidden.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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City authorities have cited the obscure commission’s denial as reason for not moving forward even though the City Council voted in favor of the project.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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“Incomprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incomprehensible. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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