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comprehensible

[kom-pri-hen-suh-buhl] / ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sə bəl /


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Another Iranian broke in to warn off an approaching ship, an argument breaking out in barely comprehensible English: “Serious warning! Serious warning!”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

The problem is that planning documents are barely comprehensible in English.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

"What will never be comprehensible, justified or admitted is violence," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

"To discover that he had always set out to hurt the vulnerable is beyond comprehensible," she said.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

Even without a comprehensible theoretical foundation, however, astrology would deserve respect if it worked, if there were some empirical support for the accuracy of its claims.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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