incomprehensible

Definition

Impossible or very difficult to understand.

Etymology

From Middle French incomprehensible, from Latin incomprehensibilis. Equivalent to in- + comprehensible.

Example Sentences

• "But this inference, which is supported by the opening of Book I, renders incomprehensible the note "and I have finished writing this," which is included within the dream."
• "In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent."
• "He shook his head. 'It's not only undefined, it's incomprehensible. Even the QL is befuddled by it and can't give me straight answers.'"

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