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incomprehension

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in·com·pre·hen·sion  (nkm-pr-hnshn, n-km-)
n.
Lack of comprehension or understanding.
incomprehension
Noun
inability to understand
incomprehensible adj
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Noun1.incomprehension - an inability to understand; "his incomprehension of the consequences"
inability - lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something
comprehension - an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature"


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Capoul's impassioned wooing, and affected a guileless incomprehension of his designs whenever, by word or glance, he persuasively indicated the ground floor window of the neat brick villa projecting obliquely from the right wing.
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Into Lop-Ear's eyes came the plaintive look that always accompanied incomprehension, and I know that in my eyes must have been the same look.
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Saxon murmured, her hands tightly clasped in anguish of incomprehension and vital need to know.
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