incomprehendingadj.
rare.
Not comprehending; wanting in comprehension or understanding.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [adjective]
unwittyc1000
heartlessa1382
meana1387
conceitless?c1425
insensuat1508
insensate1528
insensible?1531
miskenning1533
unsensible1560
witless1562
unfraught1587
unconceiving1593
stupid1595
small-knowing1598
surd1601
ununderstanding1611
unapprehensible1613
unperceiving?1623
unapprehensive1624
inapprehending1652
incomprehensive1652
inapprehensive1653
impenetrative1684
blind1692
uncomprehensive1694
unpenetrating1701
unmeaning1704
vacant1712
gilly-gaupus1754
unacute1775
unapprehending1794
unpenetrative1795
unwitted1828
uncomprehending1838
irrecognizant1845
vacuous1848
incomprehending1881
mush-headed1884
wantwit1894
doofus1967
acerebral1968
brain-dead1972
goofus1981
1881 R. C. Praed Policy & Passion I. 195 Good Mrs. Ferris, incomprehending soul, knew nothing of [etc.].
Derivatives
incompreˈhendingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [adverb]
unsensibly1565
insensiblya1603
brainlessly1610
heartlessly1611
unmeaningly1789
vacantly1839
mindlessly1857
uncomprehendingly1858
vacuously1860
insensately1863
incomprehendingly1885
1885 R. C. Praed Head Station 7 The Kanaka shook his head incomprehendingly.
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