UNGRASPABLE Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

ungraspable

adjective

ˌən-ˈgra-spə-bəl

Definition of ungraspable

as in incomprehensible

impossible to understand advanced scientific theories of ungraspable complexity for the layperson

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Recent Examples of ungraspable What looked readable from above becomes ungraspable at ground level. — Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2026 This is an ungraspable tragedy and loss. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Apr. 2026 To me, the self becomes a shifting monument, a territoire in perpetual metamorphosis, alive, fluid, and ungraspable. — Mame-Diarra Niang, Artforum, 2 Nov. 2025 Its scope is gargantuan and ungraspable, and as such, the appropriate level of grief does not seem human in scale. — Literary Hub, 21 July 2025 Paul’s attachments are ungraspable, transient, and forever underwritten by raw desire. — Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 27 Jan. 2025 One gazes into the geographical expanse of this place to try to grasp the ungraspable scale of things. — Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 5 Jan. 2023 The scope of something inexpressible, a mammoth, ungraspable intimation, had overtaken him. — Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021 Eraserhead was so ungraspable, so far into left field, that most critics dismissed it at the time. — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungraspable

Adjective

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

Definition of incomprehensible

Adjective

These mysterious features are a bunch of broad, shallow pits scattered across the Martian bedrock.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026
But his plans are turned upside down by a mysterious announcement signed by Lupin, that multiple museums are to be hit with simultaneous heists.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of mysterious

Adjective

Hasan deftly handles political seriousness and an unfathomable history and present of war and punitive state violence against Palestinians.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
Dolphins fandom has been a miserable existence for more than a quarter century now, and for reasons that extend well beyond the unfathomable 25-year playoff victory drought in a league that prioritizes parity.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of unfathomable

Adjective

Then Mikayla makes an almost unintelligible crack about Doug, which sends Taylor back into a rage spiral.

— Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Assuming viewers understood the history of English soccer — or even the offside rule — could make the broadcasts unintelligible for new fans who understood neither.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of unintelligible

Adjective

Director Padraic McKinley’s debut feature stars Ethan Hawke as a battle-scarred veteran hired to smuggle a fortune in gold across 100 miles of impenetrable wilderness.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
For most of our history as a country, and certainly in the post-World War II nuclear era, our borders felt impenetrable.

— Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of impenetrable

Adjective

Another challenge is that though the Langlands program is sweeping and unifying, the mathematical correspondences themselves are excruciatingly specific and esoteric.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
Both are craftsmen, interested in immediate emotional response over esoteric scholarly unpacking.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of esoteric

Adjective

Here, those extra voices vastly outnumber the two main characters, leading to a profusion of confusing subplots that stray away from the main themes.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Vaccines increasingly feel like a high-stakes decision – but with increasingly confusing and contradictory public health information.

— Jennifer Reich, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026

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