incomprehensibleness

noun

The state of being incomprehensible.

Scrabble 31

Meanings

nounincomprehensibleness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state of being incomprehensible.

    She liked being reminded of the incomprehensibleness of the world.

    2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 212

    Synonyms: incomprehensibility

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state of being incomprehensible.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  7. Proto-Italic*kom
  8. Proto-Italic*kom-
  9. Latincon-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  13. Proto-Italic*prai
  14. Proto-Italic*prai-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*gʰed-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*gʰnédti
  17. Proto-Italic*hendō
  18. Proto-Italic*praiɣendō
  19. Latinprehendō
  20. Latincomprehendō
  21. Latincomprehēnsibilis
  22. Latinincomprehēnsibili
  23. Middle Frenchincomprehensible
  24. Englishincomprehensible
  25. Englishincomprehensibleness

From incomprehensible + -ness.

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Translations

German Unverständlichkeit
  • Unverständlichkeitthe state of being incomprehensible
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APA

incomprehensibleness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incomprehensibleness

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“incomprehensibleness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incomprehensibleness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incomprehensibleness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incomprehensibleness.

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