incomprehensible
pronunciation
How to pronounce incomprehensible in British English:
UK [ɪnˌkɒmprɪˈhensəbl]
How to pronounce incomprehensible in American English:
US [ɪnˌkɑmprɪˈhensəbl]
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- Adjective:
- incapable of being explained or accounted for
- difficult to understand
Word Origin
- incomprehensible (adj.)
- mid-14c., from Latin incomprehensibilis, from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + comprehensibilis (see comprehensible).
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Example
- 1. The universe is a strange and incomprehensible place at times .
- 2. A referendum in a small island off the european mainland about an incomprehensible document sounds dull .
- 3. We have ended up with an incomprehensible maze of laws and regulations that severely constrains the people and expands the government the exact opposite of what our founders intended .
- 4. In china , though , it presents the incomprehensible names in two scripts - the roman alphabet ( in good clean scandinavian sans-serif fonts , all capitalized ) and chinese characters .
- 5. While the intelligence required to do the job may be ( slightly ) superior to ours , it is of a kind that is recognisably similar to our own , rather than that of an infinite and incomprehensible god .