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单词 unintelligibleness
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unintelligiblenessn.

Brit. /ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlᵻdʒᵻblnəs/, U.S. /ˌənᵻnˈtɛlədʒəb(ə)lnəs/
Etymology: un- prefix1 6, or < unintelligible adj. and n.
1. Lack of understanding. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [noun]
unsensibleness?1555
headlesshood1579
senselessness1580
vacuity1593
incomprehension1605
insensibleness1610
unintelligiblenessa1631
insensateness1646
mindlessness1646
inapprehensiveness1652
unapprehensiveness1669
non-intelligencea1674
unperceivingnessa1688
inapprehension1745
inconception1761
brainlessness1832
vacancy1841
uncomprehension1862
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) I. 181 God shall suffer him to settle..in an unsensibleness, an unintelligibleness, (to use Tertullian's word) of his own condition.
2. The quality or fact of being unintelligible; unintelligibility.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [noun]
obscuritya1522
incomprehensibility1598
entangledness1611
unconceivableness1611
unsearchableness1611
indiscernibleness1649
inscrutability1654
undiscoverableness1656
unscrutableness1657
unimaginableness1659
inconceivableness1661
unintelligibility1661
imperscrutableness1664
unknowableness1664
unintelligibleness1678
unfathomableness1690
inscrutableness1727
incognoscibility1824
uncognoscibility1827
unconjecturability1827
impenetrability1847
inconceivability1847
intangibility1847
untraceableness1856
incognizabilityc1860
incomprehensibleness1862
unknowability1863
unthinkability1865
elusiveness1873
1678 R. Allestree Lively Oracles viii. §14. 201 We ordinarily have so much candor, as to impute their unintelligibleness to our own ignorance.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vii. 250 The Obscurity or Unintelligibleness of one Part of a Prophecy.
1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will ii. ii. 38 The Thing in Question seems to be forgotten, or kept out of Sight, in a Darkness and Unintelligibleness of Speech.
1832 H. Melvill in Preacher III. 222/1 If it is unintelligible, it is the unintelligibleness of the Scriptures, and not of the commentator.
1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith ii. 69 The supposed unintelligibleness..of the doctrine.
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