in-comprehensibly

adjective

impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.

Archaic. limitless; not limited or capable of being limited.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Latin incomprehēnsibilis. See in-³, comprehensible

Related forms

in·com·pre·hen·si·bil·i·ty, in·com·pre·hen·si·ble·ness, noun

in·com·pre·hen·si·bly, adverb

su·per·in·com·pre·hen·si·ble, adjective

su·per·in·com·pre·hen·si·ble·ness, noun

su·per·in·com·pre·hen·si·b·ly, adverb

Synonyms
1. baffling, bewildering, obscure.

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incomprehensible (ˌɪnkɒmprɪˈhɛnsəb^əl, ɪnˌkɒm-)

—*adj*
1.	incapable of being understood; unintelligible
2.	archaic limitless; boundless

incomprehensi'bility

—n

incompre'hensibleness

—n

incompre'hensibly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

incomprehensible

mid-14c., from L. incomprehensibilis, from in- "not" + comprehensibilis (see comprehend).

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