uncomprehendingadj.
/ˌʌnkɒmprᵻˈhɛndɪŋ/, /ˌʌŋkɒmprᵻˈhɛndɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˌkɑmprəˈhɛndɪŋ/ (un- prefix1 4.)
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
1838 E. B. Browning Song against Singing iv Thou..Wouldst..Upturn thy bright uncomprehending eyes And bid me play instead.
1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. ii. 64 The light which..shone quietly in the uncomprehending darkness.
Derivatives
uncompreˈhendingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [adverb]
unsensibly1565
insensiblya1603
brainlessly1610
heartlessly1611
unmeaningly1789
vacantly1839
mindlessly1857
uncomprehendingly1858
vacuously1860
insensately1863
incomprehendingly1885
1858 D. M. Mulock Woman's Thoughts about Women 260 Tell her this, and the chances are she will stare at you uncomprehendingly.
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