as in unintelligible
impossible to understand
rocket science is incomprehensible to most people
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Recent Examples of incomprehensible
Reparations can be paid in images, guilt sloughed away with incomprehensible signifiers of accountability.
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Dean Kissick, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Yet the sheer volume of healthcare data is nearly incomprehensible.
—Premier Contributor, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Disney first unveiled their new CGI design for Stitch at their D23 convention back in August, but Stitch's personality is all in his chaotic movements and incomprehensible alien sounds.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024
The rest of the world finds this arrangement incomprehensible.
—Joseph J. Ellis, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Dean Kissick, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Yet the sheer volume of healthcare data is nearly incomprehensible.
—Premier Contributor, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Disney first unveiled their new CGI design for Stitch at their D23 convention back in August, but Stitch's personality is all in his chaotic movements and incomprehensible alien sounds.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024
The rest of the world finds this arrangement incomprehensible.
—Joseph J. Ellis, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomprehensible
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According to Klippenstein, parts of the document are unintelligible due to Mangione's handwriting.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Instead, like 2022’s Smile, the end credits are accompanied by haunting unintelligible voices and sounds throughout.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Read more Map shows LeBron James' home surrounded by Los Angeles fires Bill Skarsgård's mysterious Count Orlok unveiled in new look at Nosferatu California wildfires push insurance crisis to 'new level' Newsweek has contacted PomegranateDry4848 comment via Reddit.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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The mysterious news promised by the Grammy winner was initially set to go live on Tuesday (Jan. 14).DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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The Jets’ record is 4-12, their season reaching a level of futility that seemed unfathomable when the year began.Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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Simply peeling apart the sides of a coffee filter was long considered a feat of unfathomable difficulty.James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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The uncanny resilience of U.S. power lies in its structural strengths.Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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While soon-to-be-superstar Patrick Mahomes was spending 2017 as an apprentice behind Alex Smith, another quarterback phenom was dazzling the NFL with his exceptional arm and uncanny ability to improvise and extend plays.Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
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It’s also crafted from a rugged, 300-denier polyester PVC fabric that can handle everything from air travel to donkeys, yaks, and more esoteric (and hard-wearing) modes of transportation.Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 20 Dec. 2024
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That’s one takeaway from this sketch, in which Mescal is aghast that his friends have never heard of the esoteric multimedia force who dominates his Spotify Wrapped.Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2024
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Studying Trump’s image-making is, for better or worse, one of the few windows into the worldview of an otherwise impenetrable figure.Leah Dolan, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
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Special run-flat tires, a new thing at the time, finish off the impenetrable visage.Josh Max, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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In 2019, creative director Michael Goldberg stumbled upon an obscure website reference to Luna Luna, and spearheaded the effort to resurrect the art-adventure park, enlisting Canadian rapper, singer, and actor Drake, who invested $100 million with his entertainment company, DreamCrew.Natasha Gural, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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In between catchy dances and obscure trends, TikTok has become a life-changing platform for many.Sara Belcher, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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On Monday, the actor shared a cryptic post on his Instagram about his decision to pass on the role of Neo in the original Matrix with a few interesting questions.Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
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In a cryptic Instagram post, Smith uploaded a teaser for an endeavor or project related to The Matrix universe.Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Incomprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incomprehensible. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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