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uncomprehension

uncomprehension is the alternative form of incomprehension.

Meaning of incomprehension

Noun

incomprehension (uncountable)

  1. Lack of comprehension or understanding; inability to understand.
    • Stephen blushed; and his father looked from one to the other in a state of utter incomprehension.1873, Thomas Hardy, A Pair of Blue Eyes

Origin of uncomprehension

From un- + comprehension.

Questions about uncomprehension

What is uncomprehension the alternative form of?
Uncomprehension is the alternative form of incomprehension.

Words near uncomprehension in the dictionary

  1. uncomprehendedly
  2. uncomprehending
  3. uncomprehendingly
  4. uncomprehendingness
  5. uncomprehensible
  6. uncomprehension
  7. uncomprehensive
  8. uncomprehensively
  9. uncomprehensiveness
  10. uncompress
  11. uncompressable

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