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
Farrell, who also narrates in a soft voice, often wears a look of shy incomprehension, as if a beat behind in translating the world around him, a stranger in a strange land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
In theory, the line between sanity and insanity, knowledge of the consequences of one’s choices and incomprehension of the line between cause and effect, could be grounds for a rich and nuanced philosophical discussion.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2023
But in her letter dated Aug. 2, Baerbock expressed "incomprehension" at what she said were insufficient consultations with other countries in the 27-nation bloc.
From Reuters ● Sep. 22, 2023
She gives me a look of blank incomprehension.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
