incomprehensible
adjective
in·com·pre·hen·si·ble (ˌ)in-ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-bəl 
1
: impossible to comprehend : unintelligible
incomprehensible instructions
2
archaic : having or subject to no limits
incomprehensibility
(ˌ)in-ˌkäm-pri-ˌhen(t)-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē
noun incomprehensibleness noun
incomprehensibly
(ˌ)in-ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-blē
adverb 
Synonyms
- impenetrable
- unfathomable
- ungraspable
- unintelligible
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Example Sentences
I found his behavior utterly incomprehensible. It's incomprehensible to me that he could have acted that way.
Recent Examples on the Web Wave after wave of gestural scribbles in deep blue crayon repeat, like incomprehensible penmanship. 
Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022 But in some ways, these have been even more incomprehensible and consequential, officials said, underpinning nearly every Kremlin war decision. Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022 But in some ways, these have been even more incomprehensible and consequential, officials said, underpinning nearly every Kremlin war decision. Greg Miller And Catherine Belton, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2022 The incomprehensible expanse of reeds emerging from brackish water was teeming with birdlife. Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 16 Aug. 2022 But the debt is also an abstraction—something incomprehensible and alien to Betty Ann’s daily life. Eleni Schirmer, The New Yorker, 27 July 2022 The city many of them saw now was an incomprehensible horror. New York Times, 20 July 2022 Among them were 27 of Qudratullah’s relatives — an almost incomprehensible loss. New York Times, 30 Apr. 2022 At first, the date was written in code: Retail employees had to match each code to a date using a key, but to customers the codes were incomprehensible. Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN, 17 July 2022 See More
Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022 But in some ways, these have been even more incomprehensible and consequential, officials said, underpinning nearly every Kremlin war decision. Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022 But in some ways, these have been even more incomprehensible and consequential, officials said, underpinning nearly every Kremlin war decision. Greg Miller And Catherine Belton, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2022 The incomprehensible expanse of reeds emerging from brackish water was teeming with birdlife. Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 16 Aug. 2022 But the debt is also an abstraction—something incomprehensible and alien to Betty Ann’s daily life. Eleni Schirmer, The New Yorker, 27 July 2022 The city many of them saw now was an incomprehensible horror. New York Times, 20 July 2022 Among them were 27 of Qudratullah’s relatives — an almost incomprehensible loss. New York Times, 30 Apr. 2022 At first, the date was written in code: Retail employees had to match each code to a date using a key, but to customers the codes were incomprehensible. Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN, 17 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Latin incomprehensibilis, from in- + comprehensibilis comprehensible
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Kids Definition
incomprehensible
adjective
in·com·pre·hen·si·ble ˌin-ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen-sə-bəl
: impossible to understand
The phone message was incomprehensible.
incomprehensibility
noun
as in inexplicability
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- inexplicability
- impenetrability
- heterogeneity
- multifariousness
- sophistication
- complexity
- elaborateness
- complicatedness
- diversity
- intricacy
- heterogeneousness
- involution
- complexness
- intricateness
- complication
- complicacy
- knottiness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- simplicity
- plainness
- simplification
- uniformity
- homogeneity
- simpleness