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incomprehensible adjective [ ˌɪnkɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l ]

• not able to be understood; not intelligible.
• "a language which is incomprehensible to anyone outside the office"
Similar: unintelligible, indecipherable, incoherent, inarticulate, impossible to understand, impenetrable, unclear, beyond comprehension, beyond one, beyond one's grasp, unfathomable, unaccountable, inexplicable, inscrutable, baffling, bewildering, mystifying, puzzling, confusing, perplexing, abstruse, obscure, opaque, esoteric, recondite, arcane, mysterious, Delphic, complicated, complex, involved, intricate, over one's head, all Greek to someone, double Dutch, wildering,
Opposite: intelligible, comprehensible, understandable, clear,
Origin: late Middle English (earlier than comprehensible ): from Latin incomprehensibilis, from in- ‘not’ + comprehensibilis (see comprehensible).


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