incomprehension

[ in-kom-pri-hen-shuhn, in-kom- ]
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noun
  1. lack of comprehension or understanding: The audience listened politely but with incomprehension.

Origin of incomprehension

1
First recorded in1595–1605; in-3 + comprehension

Words Nearby incomprehension

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How to use incomprehension in a sentence

  • I dare say Im unjust, but Im living in another world, and this shocks me—the incomprehension of it all!

    The Wasted Generation | Owen Johnson
  • Trask's efforts to explain the political and social structure of the Sword-Worlds met the same incomprehension from Bentrik.

    Space Viking | Henry Beam Piper
  • But our incomprehension is due even more to our ignorance of the strange and devious workings of the German mind.

  • It did not occur to him to go on acting, to pretend astonishment or incomprehension.

    The House by the River | A. P. Herbert

British Dictionary definitions for incomprehension

incomprehension

/ (ˌɪnkɒmprɪˈhɛnʃən, ɪnˌkɒm-) /


noun
  1. inability or failure to comprehend; lack of understanding

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