incomprehension
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Like the high-Modernist works of William Faulkner, “Call It Sleep” was initially met with incomprehension; a revival decades later established it as a rightful classic of the Jewish-American experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Yes, in some quarters, there is total incomprehension at the idea of replacing a landslide-winning leader, and fury at Sarwar's intervention.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
Puthli’s life embodies pop music in the post-colonial world, with all its promise and incomprehension.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024
Like the peevish alien Roger from American Dad, Sam’s general attitude toward the human world in which he finds himself is equal parts incomprehension and condescension.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2023
But in learning that I was being blamed for a crime I had not done, my incomprehension as to my plight only grew.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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