incomprehensible Definition
in·com·pre·hen·sible (in käm′prē hen′sə bəl, -pri-)
adjective
- not comprehensible; that cannot be understood; obscure or unintelligible
- Archaic illimitable
Etymology: ME < OFr or L: OFr incompréhensible < L incomprehensibilis
incomprehensible Related Forms
in·com′·pre·hen′·sibil′·ity noun
in·com′·pre·hen′·sibly adverb
incomprehensible Synonyms
incomprehensible Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- utterly: From the opening there were two major problems with The Third Policeman primarily the voice over was utterly incomprehensible.
- mutually: In the radical interpreter Davidson is looking for the means of translation between mutually incomprehensible languages.
- almost: Someone from the North, for example, might find a Londoner almost incomprehensible.
- totally: I find this totally incomprehensible coming from a Christian.
- seemingly: Date: 16/08/2004 LIZ JACKSON, REPORTER: It was a shocking and seemingly incomprehensible act, but one that is far from unique.
- completely: The remarks... are completely incomprehensible for us " .
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- find: The natives are those under the age of 30 who find the Old Country simply incomprehensible!
- make: Nor should they obscure the costs of borrowing by making charges incomprehensible.
- render: A complex narrative style renders the plot largely incomprehensible for the first 45 minutes.
Modifies a noun
- jargon: First spend 20 minutes talking loudly to him in incomprehensible jargon.
- language: If incomprehensible, language is reduced to visual pattern.
- word: Listen, this morning, for the incomprehensible word the Child speaks to you.
- reason: Or how about the now incomprehensible reasons you married your spouse in the first place?
- thing: The really incomprehensible thing was how unnecessary it was.
- way: In some incomprehensible way that back view made her feel sorry for Alice.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: Such a notion seems incomprehensible to most of us nowadays.
- remain: The more he knows, the more remains incomprehensible.
- become: At its worse, the sufferer's speech will become completely incomprehensible.
- find: Also, what I find incomprehensible is the failure to comment on the fates of the ships.
- prove: The Critical Review and the Quarterly feared that the extensive use of Scots would prove incomprehensible to an English audience.
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