Incomprehension

Quick meaning: Incomprehension is a noun meaning Lack of comprehension or understanding; inability to understand.

Meaning

Lack of comprehension or understanding; inability to understand.

Example Sentences

Stephen blushed; and his father looked from one to the other in a state of utter incomprehension.

Simon broke off and turned to Piggy who was looking at him with an expression of derisive incomprehension.

The aide gave the old men in Ward Two their medicine, and they joked with her. Shevek watched with dull incomprehension.

(...) and the wearied worker, borne at evening through crowded undergrounds, might read his name with a listless incomprehension.

Antonyms for incomprehension

Common opposites include comprehension.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ignorance, disbelief, misperception, misunderstanding, understanding, noncomprehension.

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