Incomprehensible

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ɪnkÉ‘mprÉ™hÉ›nsɪbÉ™l/

Origin

From Middle French incompréhensible, from Latin incomprehensibilis.

Full definition of incomprehensible

Adjective

1. impossible or very difficult to understand
• Greg Bear, Heads, 1990He 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.'
• Mark Twain, Letters From The Earth, 1938But 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.

Synonyms

• unfathomable
• fathomless

Antonyms

• comprehensible
• understandable