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Definitions

incomprehensible

[in-kom-pri-hen-suh-buhl, in-kom-] / ˌɪn kɒm prɪˈhɛn sə bəl, ɪnˌkɒm- /
ADJECTIVE
not understandable
Synonyms
STRONGEST
baffling impenetrable inconceivable mystifying opaque puzzling unfathomable unimaginable unintelligible
WEAK
Delphic beats me beyond comprehension beyond one's grasp clear as mud cryptic enigmatic fathomless incognizable inscrutable mysterious obscure over one's head perplexing sibylline unclear ungraspable unknowable
Antonyms
STRONGEST
believable clear comprehensible fathomable imaginable intelligible understandable

Example Sentences

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Back in the spring, he says, "a hamburger cost 5m rials. It is now 12m. The numbers are just incomprehensible".

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Wingtech representatives responded that the Dutch intervention was "incomprehensible" and meant the row "degenerated needlessly".

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

As both the new “Vanderpump” and the still-shuttered “RHONY” suggest, viewers don’t come to Bravo’s programming for character archetypes and pervasive yet incomprehensible “drama.”

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

The first action sequence is incomprehensible, but they get better throughout.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

Farther on, two legions from New Ghis were facing off shield wall to shield wall whilst seijeants in iron halfhelms with horsehair crests screamed commands in their own incomprehensible dialect.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin