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un-understandability

un-understandability noun: the quality of being ununderstandable.

Noun

un-understandability (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being ununderstandable.
    • From the occasion of Balaam’s astonishment, “when the first great critic proffered his opinion” (as the witty Mr. Whistler has put it spitefully), down to these times of flippant oracles of art, the well-intentioned student has been bewildered and swerved from his own opinions, discouraged, in...1893 December, Charles Mason Fairbanks, “How to Study the Fine Arts”, in Theodore L. Flood, editor, The Chautauquan: A Monthly Magazine, volume XVIII; new series, volume IX, number 3, Meadville, Pa....
    • Their un-understandability, I suggested, was part of their charm?1925, Dearborn Independent, page 24

Examples of un-understandability in a sentence

  • Maybe her un-understandability is what makes the Atlantic enthuse.1934 March 7, A. J. Martin, “News & Views”, in The Braymer Bee, volume 47, number 35, Braymer, Mo., page one:
  • These actions may become symbolical, lose the traces of their origins, and thus prevent a superficial un-understandability in a manner not dissimilar to the compulsions of some neurotics.1935, James Wroten Woodard, Reificationand Supernaturalism as Factors in Social Rigidity and Social Change, Philadelphia, Pa.: University...

Synonyms of un-understandability

Forms of un-understandability

alternative formununderstandability

Questions about un-understandability

What does un-understandability mean?
Un-understandability means the quality of being ununderstandable.
How do you use un-understandability in a sentence?
Maybe her un-understandability is what makes the Atlantic enthuse.
What part of speech is un-understandability?
Un-understandability is a noun.

Words near un-understandability in the dictionary

  1. un-time
  2. un-timed
  3. un-times
  4. un-timing
  5. un-traumatic
  6. un-understandability
  7. un-understandableness
  8. un-uninstallable
  9. un-unravelable
  10. un-untieable
  11. un-vegan

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