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   incomprehensible

   /ɪnˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪbl/

   adjective

   • 1. not able to be understood; not intelligible: "a language which is incomprehensible to anyone outside the office" Similar unintelligibleindecipherableincoherentinarticulateunintelligibleimpossible to understandimpenetrableuncleartoo difficult/hard to understandbeyond comprehensionbeyond onebeyond one's graspunfathomableunaccountableinexplicableinscrutablebafflingbewilderingmystifyingpuzzlingconfusingperplexingabstruseobscureopaqueesotericreconditearcanemysteriousDelphiccomplicatedcomplexinvolvedintricateinformal:over one's headall Greek to someonedouble Dutcharchaic:wilderingOpposite intelligiblecomprehensibleintelligibleunderstandableclear

   Word Origin late Middle English (earlier than comprehensible): from Latin incomprehensibilis, from in- ‘not’ + comprehensibilis (see comprehensible).

   Derivatives

   • 1. incomprehensibility noun
   • 2. incomprehensibleness noun
   • 3. incomprehensibly adverb

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