as in unintelligible
impossible to understand
rocket science is incomprehensible to most people
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Recent Examples of incomprehensible
Then there’s an incomprehensible scene in which Stuhlbarg’s Frederik storms in and out of the kitchen angrily, having turned his music up to an unlistenable volume, while Alma and Maggie—a guest in their home that evening—try to have a serious conversation.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
The sheer cruelty and cowardice of firing into a church full of children is absolutely incomprehensible.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Some events, perhaps especially those that are morally incomprehensible, need to be wrestled with on a human level.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2025
To many others, the value of these relationships is incomprehensible.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
The sheer cruelty and cowardice of firing into a church full of children is absolutely incomprehensible.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Some events, perhaps especially those that are morally incomprehensible, need to be wrestled with on a human level.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2025
To many others, the value of these relationships is incomprehensible.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomprehensible
Adjective
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But in an Akan language, the notion that an object could exist as a bare substrate, stripped of properties—say, the idea of a stone, with its weight, texture, and color subtracted—is basically unintelligible; the metaphysical split between a thing and its properties isn’t naturally expressible.—
Lula Konner,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Oct. 2025
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However, audio quality can make or break social media content and while some people can tolerate less-than-perfect video, poor and unintelligible sound often has audiences swiping left.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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George MacKay and Callum Turner star in the eerie drama, playing fishermen in a remote village in Cornwall who board a mysterious ship that appears to be caught in a time loop.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
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God, or the Universe, works in mysterious ways.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That may sound unfathomable to any non-comic reader who watched Steven Yeun's Mark Grayson get bludgeoned, maimed, and nearly disemboweled (sorry, Atom Eve) in an episode-long, cities-spanning fight with Thragg's berzerker warrior, Conquest (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
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Not after another season of beautiful dreams ended in the most painful, most unfathomable way possible, even by Phillies standards.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Sometimes his mechanics have been atrocious, which is the most confusing development of them all.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Oct. 2025
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This, Tilly, can be confusing as an actress.—
Betty Gilpin,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Sigmund Freud defines the uncanny as the nagging presence of the familiar within the strange, the strange within the familiar.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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These are essentially gothic works, in which bleary, nocturnal isolation opens a door to bizarre impulses and uncanny transformations.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The basic logic of the drink is, as mentioned, Negroni-like, but more esoteric on a number of fronts.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
4 Oct. 2025
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But this seems to me to be a far more likely possibility than Jesus making legendary journeys to India, Egypt, or even Britain, so popular in esoteric lore.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But there’s nothing impenetrable about that film.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
8 Oct. 2025
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The timepiece that helped cement Rolex as a maker of impenetrable tool watches is heading to auction this fall.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The obscure defensive lineman spent the first month of the season on the shelf, but after returning for the 27-24 comeback win over the Miami Dolphins, the former Alabama standout is expected to be a healthy presence in the trenches for the Carolina Panthers.—
Mike Kaye
October 9,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Oct. 2025
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Instead of invoking the Act, the White House is using Section 12-406 of Title 10, an obscure provision of federal law, to claim authority to bring in National Guard troops, NPR's Jaclyn Diaz tells Up First.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Incomprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incomprehensible. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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