incomprehensible
adjective
in·com·pre·hen·si·ble
(ˌ)in-ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-bəl 
1
: impossible to comprehend : unintelligible
incomprehensible instructions
2
archaic
: having or subject to no limits
incomprehensibleness
noun
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Examples of incomprehensible in a Sentence
I found his behavior utterly incomprehensible.
It's incomprehensible to me that he could have acted that way.
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The loss of Oakland’s MLB team and then the city’s greatest MLB son in the same year is an almost incomprehensible loss for fans like Peters, who feel abandoned by the league.
—Melissa Lockard, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
The song was then almost thirty years old, and in the first stages of a decades-long popular revival, sparked by Dylan’s own electrified and largely incomprehensible rendition of it at the 1991 Grammys.
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Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
The loss of Oakland’s MLB team and then the city’s greatest MLB son in the same year is an almost incomprehensible loss for fans like Peters, who feel abandoned by the league.
—Melissa Lockard, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
The song was then almost thirty years old, and in the first stages of a decades-long popular revival, sparked by Dylan’s own electrified and largely incomprehensible rendition of it at the 1991 Grammys.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
Also, incomprehensible to anyone that understands water policy in the state.
—NBC News, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Incomprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incomprehensible. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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incomprehensible
adjective
in·com·pre·hen·si·ble
(ˌ)in-ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-bəl
: impossible to understand
found their behavior incomprehensible
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