incomprehension

Example Sentences

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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

That kind of simplification or incomprehension, he says, can be fatal.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2022

My school friends and I talk about it now with each other with again - contempt, disbelief and incomprehension that sort of thing happened in plain sight and nothing was done.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2022

Our linguistic ancestors parlayed that incomprehension into euphemisms like passed on in which death consists of a journey to a remote location.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker