Incomprehensible

/ɪnˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ · adjective

Meaning

Impossible or very difficult to understand..

Definitions by Sense

1. Impossible or very difficult to understand.
2. (theology or literary) Which cannot be contained; boundless, infinite.
3. Anything that is beyond understanding.

Example Sentences

But this inference, which is supported by the opening of Book I, renders incomprehensible the note "and I have finished writing this," which is included within the dream.

In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent.

He shook his head. 'It's not only undefined, it's incomprehensible. Even the QL is befuddled by it and can't give me straight answers.'

Trump’s grotesque and incomprehensible fondness for Putin makes the details of any deal highly dangerous for Europe and the NATO alliance, founded to confront Russia.

Prayer to God the Father: It is fitting and right to sing to You, to bless You, to praise You, to give thanks to You, to worship You in every place of your dominion: for You are God, beyond description, beyond understanding, invisible, incomprehensible, always existing, always the same; You and your only-begotten Son and your Holy Spirit

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• more incomprehensible
• most incomprehensible
• incomprehensibles

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