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incomprehensible

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in·com·pre·hen·si·ble  (nkm-pr-hns-bl, n-km-)
adj.
1.
a. Difficult or impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible: incomprehensible jargon.
b. Impossible to know or fathom: incomprehensible mysteries.
2. Archaic Having no limits; boundless.

incom·pre·hensi·bili·ty, incom·pre·hensi·ble·ness n.
incom·pre·hensi·bly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.incomprehensible - incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"
uncomprehensible, incomprehensible - difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein
insoluble - admitting of no solution or explanation; "an insoluble doubt"
2.incomprehensibleincomprehensible - difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein
unclear - not clear to the mind; "the law itself was unclear on that point"; "the reason for their actions is unclear to this day"
incomprehensible, inexplicable - incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"
unintelligible - poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise; "unintelligible speech"
comprehendible, comprehensible - capable of being comprehended or understood; "an idea comprehensible to the average mind"

incomprehensible
adjective 1. unintelligible, << OPPOSITE comprehensible
adjective 2. obscure, puzzling, mysterious, baffling, enigmatic, perplexing, opaque, impenetrable, inscrutable, unfathomable, above your head, beyond comprehension, all Greek to you (informal) beyond your grasp << OPPOSITE understandable
Translations
incomprehensible [ɪnkɔmprɪˈhɛnsɪbl] adjincomprensible

incomprehensible [ɪnkɔmprɪˈhɛnsɪbl] adjincompréhensible

incomprehensible [ɪnkɔmprɪˈhɛnsɪbl] adjunverständlich

incomprehensible [ɪnkɔmprɪˈhɛnsɪbl] adjincomprensibile

incomprehensible
adj incomprehensible [inkompriˈhensəbl]
impossible to understand an incomprehensible statement. onverstaanbaar غَيْر قابِل للفَهْم، لا يُمْكِن فَهْمُه неразбираем nesrozumitelný uforståelig unverständlich ακατανόητος incomprensible arusaamatu غیر قابل درک käsittämätön incompréhensible לא-מוּבָן अबोध्य neshvatljiv érthetetlen sulit dipahami óskiljanlegur incomprensibile 理解できない 이해하기 어려운 nesuprantamas nesaprotams; neizprotams tidak dapat difahami onbegrijpelijk, onverstaanbaar uforståelig, ubegripelig, ufattelig niezrozumiały incompreensível непонятный nezrozumiteľný nerazumljiv nerazumljiv obegriplig ที่ไม่สามารถเข้าใจได้ anlaşılamaz 不能理解的 незрозумілий, незбагненний نا قابل فہم không thể hiểu được 不能理解


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There are some things related in the narrative which will be sure to appear strange, or perhaps entirely incomprehensible, to the reader; but they cannot appear more so to him than they did to the author at the time.
The one thing he said which struck me as worth listening to, was this--that Miss Verinder had declined to be questioned by him, and had spoken to him with a perfectly incomprehensible rudeness and contempt.
Their freedom of expression was at first incomprehensible to her, though she had no difficulty in reconciling it with a lofty chastity which in the Creole woman seems to be inborn and unmistakable.
 
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