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noncomprehending

noncomprehending adjective: uncomprehending.

Adjective

noncomprehending (not comparable)

  1. uncomprehending
    • The stratagem of resorting to stealthiness in a non-comprehending, hostile environment is surely not peculiar to the homosexual sensibility, but it is an aspect of that sensibility.1975 December 20, Rudy Kikel, “The Closed Closet Policy and the Poetry of Paul Monette”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 25, page 9
    • He marries Priscilla; but her noncomprehending adoration adds to his suffering and self-deprecation rather than alleviating it […]1990, Catherine H Zuckert, Natural right and the American imagination: political philosophy in novel form

Origin of noncomprehending

From non- + comprehending.

Questions about noncomprehending

What does noncomprehending mean?
Noncomprehending means uncomprehending.
What part of speech is noncomprehending?
Noncomprehending is an adjective.

Words near noncomprehending in the dictionary

  1. noncompounder
  2. noncompounders
  3. noncompounds
  4. noncomprehender
  5. noncomprehenders
  6. noncomprehending
  7. noncomprehensible
  8. noncomprehension
  9. noncomprehensions
  10. noncomprehensive
  11. noncompressed

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