incomprehensive

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adjective

Not comprehensive; shallow, incomplete.

Similar
noncomprehensivelimited
OriginEnglish comprehensive ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

adjectiveincomprehensive (comparative more incomprehensive, superlative most incomprehensive)

comparative more incomprehensive · superlative most incomprehensive

  1. Not comprehensive; shallow, incomplete.
  2. Uncomprehending.

    So she for those first few moments stood incomprehensive and stared with empty eyes.

    1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC
  3. Incomprehensible.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot comprehensive

Similar
noncomprehensivelimited
Also see
limitednoncomprehensive

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishcomprehensive
  8. Englishincomprehensive

From in- + comprehensive.

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Cite this entry
APA

incomprehensive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incomprehensive

MLA

“incomprehensive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incomprehensive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incomprehensive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incomprehensive.

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