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incomprehensible

in·comp·re·hensible

UK/ɪnˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ US/ɪŋˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ uncommon literary

adjective

1.

incapable of being explained or accounted for

  • “inexplicable errors”
  • “left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons”
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2.

difficult to understand

  • “the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible” A. Einstein
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Origin

From Middle French incomprehensible, from Latin incomprehēnsibilis.

Phrases

  • it's all Chinese to me
  • it's all Greek to me

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WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.