incomprehensible
UK/ɪnˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l//ɪnˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/
incomprehensible adjective: impossible or very difficult to understand.
Adjective
incomprehensible (comparative more incomprehensible, superlative most incomprehensible)
- Impossible or very difficult to understand.
- 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.1904-09, Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth, published 1962
- In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 196
- Which cannot be contained; boundless, infinite.
- Prayer to God the Father: It is fitting and right to sing to You, to bless You, to praise You, to give thanks to You, to worship You in every place of your dominion: for You are God, beyond description, beyond understanding, invisible, incomprehensible, always existing, always the same; You and...1969, “The Divine Liturgy of John Chrysostom: Liturgy of Offering”, in Joseph Raya, transl., edited by José de Vinck, Byzantine Daily Worship, Alleluia Press, page 282
Noun
incomprehensible (plural incomprehensibles)
- Anything that is beyond understanding.
incomprehensible meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
incomprehensible in Hindi
- impossible or very difficult to understand
- कल्पनातीत kalpanātīt, अकल्पनीय akalpanīya
incomprehensible in Tamil
- புரிந்துகொள்ளமுடியாத
incomprehensible in Bengali
- দুর্বোধ্য, বোধাতীত
incomprehensible in Kannada
- ಗ್ರಹಿಸಲಾಗದ, ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗದ, ಅರ್ಥಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗದ, ತಿಳಿಯದ, ಅರಿಯಲಾಗದ
More languagesFewer languages
- incomprehensible in Tagalog
- di-matingkala
- incomprehensible in Indonesian
- yg tdk dpt dimengerti, tdk terpahamkan
Examples of incomprehensible in a sentence
- 'It's not only undefined, it's incomprehensible.1990, Greg Bear, Heads:
- Trump’s grotesque and incomprehensible fondness for Putin makes the details of any deal highly dangerous for Europe and the NATO alliance, founded to confront Russia.2024 November 9, Nick Paton Walsh, “Trump’s second term could bring chaos around the world. Will it work?”, in CNN:
Synonyms of incomprehensible
- fathomless
- unfathomable
- unintelligible
- abstruse
- Chinese
- dense
- enigmatic
- bottomless
- Greek
- inapprehensible
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Antonyms
Forms of incomprehensible
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more incomprehensible |
| superlative | most incomprehensible |
| Noun | |
| plural | incomprehensibles |
Origin of incomprehensible
From Middle French incomprehensible, from Latin incomprehēnsibilis. Equivalent to in- + comprehensible.
Words formed from incomprehensible
Questions about incomprehensible
- What does incomprehensible mean?
- Incomprehensible means impossible or very difficult to understand.
- What is incomprehensible in Hindi?
- Incomprehensible in Hindi is कल्पनातीत (kalpanātīt), अकल्पनीय (akalpanīya). See Incomprehensible meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use incomprehensible in a sentence?
- 'It's not only undefined, it's incomprehensible.
- What part of speech is incomprehensible?
- Incomprehensible can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce incomprehensible?
- Incomprehensible is pronounced /ɪnˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ (UK).
Words near incomprehensible in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: incomprehensible (page history and authors); incomprehensible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Incomprehensible (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incomprehensible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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