incomprehensible
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kɒm adjective
1.
impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
2.
Archaic. limitless; not limited or capable of being limited.
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.
1. baffling, bewildering, obscure.
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Incomprehensible
has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells. |
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
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incomprehensible (ˌɪnkɒmprɪˈhɛnsəbəl, ɪnˌkɒm-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Example sentences
Their teachers were either incomprehensible of incompetent to teach those subjects, or both.
First, federal statutes are often so poorly written and so vague that they are in effect incomprehensible.
Lewis was livid at the incomprehensible way in which the museum's figures were presented to board members.
And this makes their heinous breach of parental olfactory responsibilities all the more incomprehensible.
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