Incomprehensible meaning

ĭn'kŏm-prĭ-hĕn'sə-bəl, ĭn-kŏm'-
Illimitable.
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Impossible or very difficult to understand.
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The definition of incomprehensible is something that cannot be explained or cannot be understood.

A very complex math problem that only a genius can do is an example of something that is an incomprehensible task to a person in high school who is terrible at math.

When a child throws a tantrum for absolutely no logical reason, this is an example of incomprehensible behavior.

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Having no limits; boundless.
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Difficult or impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.

Incomprehensible jargon.

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Impossible to know or fathom.

Incomprehensible mysteries.

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Not comprehensible; that cannot be understood; obscure or unintelligible.
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Origin of incomprehensible

From Middle French incompréhensible, from Latin incomprehensibilis.

Sentence Examples

  • It's incomprehensible, but the tipster keeps doing it.

  • Out of this Nothing or incomprehensible essence the world of ideas or primordial causes is eternally created.

  • There was time for quiet evenings, some jazz and classical music in the Dean's quarters, country and western in Fred's and some totally incomprehensible noise from the small room where Martha Boyd and her boom box now dwelt.

  • "Now then, go on, go on!" incited the officer, bending forward and trying not to lose a word of the speech which was incomprehensible to him.

  • The more we try to explain such events in history reasonably, the more unreasonable and incomprehensible do they become to us.

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