incomprehensible

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin incomprehensibilis.

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adjective

incomprehensible (comparative more incomprehensible, superlative most incomprehensible)

1. impossible or very difficult to understand
   • Greg Bear, Heads, 1990

     He shook his head. 'It's not only undefined, it's incomprehensible. Even the QL is befuddled by it and can't give me straight answers.'

   • Mark Twain, Letters From The Earth, 1938

     But this inference, which is supported by the opening of Book I, renders incomprehensible the note "and I have finished writing this," which is included within the dream.

[edit] Synonyms

• unfathomable
• fathomless

[edit] Antonyms

• comprehensible
• understandable

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• incomprehensible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• incomprehensible in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911