Definition of incomprehensible in English:

incomprehensible

adjective ˌɪnkɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)lˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l

Not able to be understood; not intelligible.
不能理解的，难懂的
a language which is incomprehensible to anyone outside the office
办公室以外无人能懂的语言。
Example sentencesExamples
- The first man held a billboard and was running up and down, continuously shouting his incomprehensible sales pitch.
- So when is someone going to make a good mainstream film about that other incomprehensible game, cricket?
- And cue the most incomprehensible stream of gibberish ever to pour forth from a human being's mouth.
- I've given it two or three goes now and it remains almost completely incomprehensible to me.
- Meanings that are absorbed by ordinary children from everyday life can be incomprehensible to the autistic.
- An incomprehensible dispute breaks out in one corner, then sweeps terrifyingly across the whole room.
- The murder of Taylor seemed at first glance incomprehensible, once the obvious robbery motive had been ruled out.
- The spirit of noblesse oblige is not simply absent: it is incomprehensible to the rising generation.
- Some said maybe he was Swedish, but his incomprehensible babble was little help in discovering his identity.
- He knows that sinking feeling induced by pages written in what seems an alien and incomprehensible new language.
- Man, being the measure of all things, is infinite; and each person is incomprehensible.
- Confusing films may be in vogue, but confusing does NOT equal incomprehensible.
- This story from the St Albans Observer is completely incomprehensible.
- It seemed incomprehensible that only minutes earlier I had seen this lad out on his scooter on a beautiful sunny day.
- Those who did stumble across application forms found them virtually incomprehensible.
- Firstly, they are books which are intellectually stretching without being wordy or incomprehensible.
- If relativity is all that incomprehensible why wasn't the matter dropped?
- What seems perfectly reasonable for one person is completely incomprehensible for another.
- The channel said it rendered the broadcast virtually incomprehensible but complied with its programme code.
- Spoken entirely in Latin and Aramaic, it is contrived, opaque and incomprehensible.
Synonyms
unintelligible, indecipherable
incoherent, inarticulate
unintelligible, impossible to understand, impenetrable, unclear, too difficult/hard to understand, beyond comprehension, beyond one, beyond one's grasp, unfathomable, unaccountable, inexplicable, inscrutable, baffling, bewildering, mystifying, puzzling, confusing, perplexing, abstruse, obscure, opaque, esoteric, recondite, arcane, mysterious, Delphic
complicated, complex, involved, intricate
informal over one's head, all Greek to someone
British informal double Dutch
archaic wildering

Derivatives

incomprehensibility

noun ˌɪnkɒmprɪhɛnsɪˈbɪlɪtiˌɪnˌkɑmprəˌhɛnsəˈbɪlədi

Marriage is the theme, in all its incomprehensibility, its difficulty and its infinite gentle understandings.
Example sentencesExamples
- This article gives some idea of the incomprehensibility of such an event in Japan, where the discovery of a live bullet in someone's luggage at the airport is national news.
- The play is, of course, about incomprehensibility and the total futility of all forms of human intercourse.
- The result turned out to be so hard to understand that the novel acquired an aura of profundity by virtue of its sheer incomprehensibility.
- It can't: it is crammed with lovers packed in tight, the details smashed flat, extraneous facts shorn away to save space, mangled and compressed to the point of incomprehensibility and all beyond counting or collating.

incomprehensibleness

nounɪnˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪblnəsˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)lnəs

Today we toss around terms like ‘the end of the Cretaceous extinction’ with such ease that the full significance and near incomprehensibleness of the geologic time scale are lost in the sheer size of the fourth dimension.
Example sentencesExamples
- He was a close friend of Laurel's, and was fairly decent in Em's books, despite the occasional stab of irritation from his incomprehensibleness.

incomprehensibly

adverbɪnˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪbliˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəbli

Why is it that the spread between those of us who are privileged and those of us who are not is so incomprehensibly large?
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a year later, and the Tinsel Town premises has been expanded to include a bar, cafe and - incomprehensibly - a clothes shop.
- I'm sure non-UK readers already think it's incomprehensibly ridiculous.
- One trillion pounds is a ludicrously, incomprehensibly large figure, but one which means little until understood in context.
- I did my best impression of Basil by jumping up and down waving my arms while growling incomprehensibly.

Origin

Late Middle English (earlier than comprehensible): from Latin incomprehensibilis, from in- 'not' + comprehensibilis (see comprehensible).

Definition of incomprehensible in US English:

incomprehensible

adjectiveˌinˌkämprəˈhensəb(ə)lˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l

Not able to be understood; not intelligible.
不能理解的，难懂的
a language that is incomprehensible to anyone outside the office
办公室以外无人能懂的语言。
Example sentencesExamples
- The first man held a billboard and was running up and down, continuously shouting his incomprehensible sales pitch.
- Man, being the measure of all things, is infinite; and each person is incomprehensible.
- Meanings that are absorbed by ordinary children from everyday life can be incomprehensible to the autistic.
- He knows that sinking feeling induced by pages written in what seems an alien and incomprehensible new language.
- And cue the most incomprehensible stream of gibberish ever to pour forth from a human being's mouth.
- Firstly, they are books which are intellectually stretching without being wordy or incomprehensible.
- It seemed incomprehensible that only minutes earlier I had seen this lad out on his scooter on a beautiful sunny day.
- Confusing films may be in vogue, but confusing does NOT equal incomprehensible.
- What seems perfectly reasonable for one person is completely incomprehensible for another.
- The spirit of noblesse oblige is not simply absent: it is incomprehensible to the rising generation.
- Spoken entirely in Latin and Aramaic, it is contrived, opaque and incomprehensible.
- The channel said it rendered the broadcast virtually incomprehensible but complied with its programme code.
- The murder of Taylor seemed at first glance incomprehensible, once the obvious robbery motive had been ruled out.
- Some said maybe he was Swedish, but his incomprehensible babble was little help in discovering his identity.
- If relativity is all that incomprehensible why wasn't the matter dropped?
- I've given it two or three goes now and it remains almost completely incomprehensible to me.
- So when is someone going to make a good mainstream film about that other incomprehensible game, cricket?
- This story from the St Albans Observer is completely incomprehensible.
- An incomprehensible dispute breaks out in one corner, then sweeps terrifyingly across the whole room.
- Those who did stumble across application forms found them virtually incomprehensible.
Synonyms
unintelligible, indecipherable
unintelligible, impossible to understand, impenetrable, unclear, too difficult to understand, too hard to understand, beyond comprehension, beyond one, beyond one's grasp, unfathomable, unaccountable, inexplicable, inscrutable, baffling, bewildering, mystifying, puzzling, confusing, perplexing, abstruse, obscure, opaque, esoteric, recondite, arcane, mysterious, delphic

Origin

Late Middle English (earlier than comprehensible): from Latin incomprehensibilis, from in- ‘not’ + comprehensibilis (see comprehensible).

单词	incomprehensible
释义	Definition of incomprehensible in English: incomprehensible adjective ˌɪnkɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)lˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l Not able to be understood; not intelligible. 不能理解的，难懂的 a language which is incomprehensible to anyone outside the office 办公室以外无人能懂的语言。 Example sentencesExamples The first man held a billboard and was running up and down, continuously shouting his incomprehensible sales pitch. So when is someone going to make a good mainstream film about that other incomprehensible game, cricket? And cue the most incomprehensible stream of gibberish ever to pour forth from a human being's mouth. I've given it two or three goes now and it remains almost completely incomprehensible to me. Meanings that are absorbed by ordinary children from everyday life can be incomprehensible to the autistic. An incomprehensible dispute breaks out in one corner, then sweeps terrifyingly across the whole room. The murder of Taylor seemed at first glance incomprehensible, once the obvious robbery motive had been ruled out. The spirit of noblesse oblige is not simply absent: it is incomprehensible to the rising generation. Some said maybe he was Swedish, but his incomprehensible babble was little help in discovering his identity. He knows that sinking feeling induced by pages written in what seems an alien and incomprehensible new language. Man, being the measure of all things, is infinite; and each person is incomprehensible. Confusing films may be in vogue, but confusing does NOT equal incomprehensible. This story from the St Albans Observer is completely incomprehensible. It seemed incomprehensible that only minutes earlier I had seen this lad out on his scooter on a beautiful sunny day. Those who did stumble across application forms found them virtually incomprehensible. Firstly, they are books which are intellectually stretching without being wordy or incomprehensible. If relativity is all that incomprehensible why wasn't the matter dropped? What seems perfectly reasonable for one person is completely incomprehensible for another. The channel said it rendered the broadcast virtually incomprehensible but complied with its programme code. Spoken entirely in Latin and Aramaic, it is contrived, opaque and incomprehensible. Synonyms unintelligible, indecipherable incoherent, inarticulate unintelligible, impossible to understand, impenetrable, unclear, too difficult/hard to understand, beyond comprehension, beyond one, beyond one's grasp, unfathomable, unaccountable, inexplicable, inscrutable, baffling, bewildering, mystifying, puzzling, confusing, perplexing, abstruse, obscure, opaque, esoteric, recondite, arcane, mysterious, Delphic complicated, complex, involved, intricate informal over one's head, all Greek to someone British informal double Dutch archaic wildering Derivatives incomprehensibility noun ˌɪnkɒmprɪhɛnsɪˈbɪlɪtiˌɪnˌkɑmprəˌhɛnsəˈbɪlədi Marriage is the theme, in all its incomprehensibility, its difficulty and its infinite gentle understandings. Example sentencesExamples This article gives some idea of the incomprehensibility of such an event in Japan, where the discovery of a live bullet in someone's luggage at the airport is national news. The play is, of course, about incomprehensibility and the total futility of all forms of human intercourse. The result turned out to be so hard to understand that the novel acquired an aura of profundity by virtue of its sheer incomprehensibility. It can't: it is crammed with lovers packed in tight, the details smashed flat, extraneous facts shorn away to save space, mangled and compressed to the point of incomprehensibility and all beyond counting or collating. incomprehensibleness nounɪnˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪblnəsˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)lnəs Today we toss around terms like ‘the end of the Cretaceous extinction’ with such ease that the full significance and near incomprehensibleness of the geologic time scale are lost in the sheer size of the fourth dimension. Example sentencesExamples He was a close friend of Laurel's, and was fairly decent in Em's books, despite the occasional stab of irritation from his incomprehensibleness. incomprehensibly adverbɪnˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪbliˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəbli Why is it that the spread between those of us who are privileged and those of us who are not is so incomprehensibly large? Example sentencesExamples It's a year later, and the Tinsel Town premises has been expanded to include a bar, cafe and - incomprehensibly - a clothes shop. I'm sure non-UK readers already think it's incomprehensibly ridiculous. One trillion pounds is a ludicrously, incomprehensibly large figure, but one which means little until understood in context. I did my best impression of Basil by jumping up and down waving my arms while growling incomprehensibly. Origin Late Middle English (earlier than comprehensible): from Latin incomprehensibilis, from in- 'not' + comprehensibilis (see comprehensible). Definition of incomprehensible in US English: incomprehensible adjectiveˌinˌkämprəˈhensəb(ə)lˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l Not able to be understood; not intelligible. 不能理解的，难懂的 a language that is incomprehensible to anyone outside the office 办公室以外无人能懂的语言。 Example sentencesExamples The first man held a billboard and was running up and down, continuously shouting his incomprehensible sales pitch. Man, being the measure of all things, is infinite; and each person is incomprehensible. Meanings that are absorbed by ordinary children from everyday life can be incomprehensible to the autistic. He knows that sinking feeling induced by pages written in what seems an alien and incomprehensible new language. And cue the most incomprehensible stream of gibberish ever to pour forth from a human being's mouth. Firstly, they are books which are intellectually stretching without being wordy or incomprehensible. It seemed incomprehensible that only minutes earlier I had seen this lad out on his scooter on a beautiful sunny day. Confusing films may be in vogue, but confusing does NOT equal incomprehensible. What seems perfectly reasonable for one person is completely incomprehensible for another. The spirit of noblesse oblige is not simply absent: it is incomprehensible to the rising generation. Spoken entirely in Latin and Aramaic, it is contrived, opaque and incomprehensible. The channel said it rendered the broadcast virtually incomprehensible but complied with its programme code. The murder of Taylor seemed at first glance incomprehensible, once the obvious robbery motive had been ruled out. Some said maybe he was Swedish, but his incomprehensible babble was little help in discovering his identity. If relativity is all that incomprehensible why wasn't the matter dropped? I've given it two or three goes now and it remains almost completely incomprehensible to me. So when is someone going to make a good mainstream film about that other incomprehensible game, cricket? This story from the St Albans Observer is completely incomprehensible. An incomprehensible dispute breaks out in one corner, then sweeps terrifyingly across the whole room. Those who did stumble across application forms found them virtually incomprehensible. Synonyms unintelligible, indecipherable unintelligible, impossible to understand, impenetrable, unclear, too difficult to understand, too hard to understand, beyond comprehension, beyond one, beyond one's grasp, unfathomable, unaccountable, inexplicable, inscrutable, baffling, bewildering, mystifying, puzzling, confusing, perplexing, abstruse, obscure, opaque, esoteric, recondite, arcane, mysterious, delphic Origin Late Middle English (earlier than comprehensible): from Latin incomprehensibilis, from in- ‘not’ + comprehensibilis (see comprehensible).
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