incomprehensible

adjective

(ˌ)in-ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-bəl How to pronounce incomprehensible (audio)
Definition of incomprehensiblenext
as in unintelligible
impossible to understand rocket science is incomprehensible to most people

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Recent Examples of incomprehensible Life unfolds over an incomprehensible span of scales, from our planet-enveloping biosphere at one end, to individual cell-building biomolecules at the other. — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026 The Music City Miracle now has a rival after Vanderbilt's improbable, and frankly incomprehensible, last-second victory against NC State on Saturday afternoon. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026 This city is already a freaky liminal space full of snaking pathways that are almost incomprehensible. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026 Eventually, my mother comes downstairs again and puts her arms around him and holds him, whispering something to him, words that to me are meaningless and incomprehensible. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for incomprehensible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomprehensible
  1. unintelligible
  2. mysterious
  3. unfathomable
  4. confusing
  5. uncanny
  6. esoteric
  7. impenetrable
  8. obscure
Adjective
  • In a courtroom scene, a judge races through a ruling that favors the authorities, reading it in a nearly unintelligible monotone.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Some of those PowerPoint slides, meanwhile, have been unintelligible.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of unintelligible
Adjective
  • The series pairs its lavish costumes and sets with visual effects to build its fantasy world, including Queen, a mysterious bird with whom Navier forms a bond.
    — Ophélie Surcouf, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Away from the elections, the briefing covers a new boom in fossil fuels driven by Big Tech and the latest research on the mysterious rise of colorectal cancer among young people.
    — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of mysterious
Adjective
  • From that moment forward, Vision was dead, and Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) was cast into unfathomable grief and not-so-repressed anger.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • From 2008 to 2011, Moore went an unfathomable 50-3 as Boise State’s starting quarterback.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of unfathomable
Adjective
  • The story here is about the strange relationships that form in the wake of devastating loss, and an examination of the unpredictable, messy and confusing connections often found between people experiencing grief.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Most of the controls are fairly intuitive, though finding certain features and settings can occasionally be confusing.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of confusing
Adjective
  • Dowler-Guerrero said Raman had an uncanny ability to get people organized and always had an unwavering belief in her own ability to get things done.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The suggestion is that the algorithms responsible for animating his uncanny likeness have also managed to bring him back from the dead, reassembling him piece by piece.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of uncanny
Adjective
  • That database was paltry compared with those assembled by AI developers today, but even then computers had become repositories of the esoteric facts one found in reference works and textbooks.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The Linotype might seem like an esoteric subject for a book published in 2026.
    — Aaron Glantz, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of esoteric
Adjective
  • Kramer/Fauci is amazing, but there’s this downtown, opaque, dark stagecraft tradition that is impenetrable.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Since then, the president’s personnel and political decisions have reshaped the Senate battleground from what looked like an impenetrable red wall into a toss-up.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of impenetrable
Adjective
  • The pope is, among many other things, an American baby boomer who, earlier this summer, referenced in a footnote in a treatise on peace a Dylan lyric so obscure that not even Padgett had ever heard of it.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026
  • From star lender to seized bank Ueno Bank, which skyrocketed from an obscure finance company to a household name in less than five years, claimed more than 60% of Paraguay’s adults as customers.
    — Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of obscure

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