as in misunderstanding
a failure to understand correctly
the anthropologist's apparent incomprehension of the ceremonial rites she describes in her book surprised reviewers
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The look on Mann’s face effectively shows the incomprehension this horror demands.
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Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 2024
The death of John Mahoney, in 2018, robbed the revival of another beloved character, the Crane brothers’ proudly proletarian father; an audience surrogate, Martin regarded his sons with supercilious incomprehension from his lumpy recliner, beer in hand.
—Colin Marshall, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
The mutual incomprehension and tensions between the French state, and the many citizens who are convinced the protests have a legitimacy founded in a pattern of police violence against minorities, was palpable in Nanterre.
—Roger Cohen, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
There was also a marked incomprehension on some readers’ parts of metaphor as a concept.
—Hazlitt, 12 Apr. 2023
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Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 2024
The death of John Mahoney, in 2018, robbed the revival of another beloved character, the Crane brothers’ proudly proletarian father; an audience surrogate, Martin regarded his sons with supercilious incomprehension from his lumpy recliner, beer in hand.
—Colin Marshall, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
The mutual incomprehension and tensions between the French state, and the many citizens who are convinced the protests have a legitimacy founded in a pattern of police violence against minorities, was palpable in Nanterre.
—Roger Cohen, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
There was also a marked incomprehension on some readers’ parts of metaphor as a concept.
—Hazlitt, 12 Apr. 2023
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“Incomprehension.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incomprehension. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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