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
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
And as played by De Waele, Rémi, though less front and center, registers a heartrending incomprehension at Léo’s betrayal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
Most of its electricity, however, comes from renewables and there is growing incomprehension among the Austrian public at the market system where gas and power prices are closely linked.
From Reuters ● Aug. 28, 2022
As they spoke, they sensed the audience’s incomprehension.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
