incomprehensible

adjectivenounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ɪnˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l//
United Kingdom//ɪŋˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l//
United States//ɪnˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l//
United States//ɪŋˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l//

Impossible or very difficult to understand.

adjective

1
Impossible or very difficult to understand.
But this inference, which is supported by the opening of Book I, renders incomprehensible the note "and I have finished writing this," which is included within the dream.
In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent.
He shook his head. 'It's not only undefined, it's incomprehensible. Even the QL is befuddled by it and can't give me straight answers.'
Trump’s grotesque and incomprehensible fondness for Putin makes the details of any deal highly dangerous for Europe and the NATO alliance, founded to confront Russia.
2
Which cannot be contained; boundless, infinite.
Prayer to God the Father: It is fitting and right to sing to You, to bless You, to praise You, to give thanks to You, to worship You in every place of your dominion: for You are God, beyond description, beyond understanding, invisible, incomprehensible, always existing, always the same; You and your only-begotten Son and your Holy Spirit

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti Proto-Italic *hendō Proto-Italic *praiɣendō Latin prehendō Latin comprehendō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin comprehēnsibilis Latin incomprehēnsibilisbor. Middle French incomprehensibleder. English incomprehensible From Middle French incomprehensible, from Latin incomprehēnsibilis. Equivalent to in- + comprehensible.

noun

1
Anything that is beyond understanding.

Forms

plural: incomprehensibles
comparative: more incomprehensible
superlative: most incomprehensible

incompetence · An inability to perform; a lack of competence; ineptitude.incompetent · Lacking the degree of ability and responsibility necessary to…incomplete · Not complete; not finished.

incomprehensible · Impossible or very difficult to understand.

inconvenience · The quality of being inconvenient.inconvenient · not convenient incorporate · To include (something) as a part.

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