uncomprehensible

adjective

Incomprehensible.

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OriginEnglish comprehensible ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveuncomprehensible (comparative more uncomprehensible, superlative most uncomprehensible)

comparative more uncomprehensible · superlative most uncomprehensible

  1. Incomprehensible.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivedifficult to understand

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incomprehensibledarkobscureenigmaticenigmaticalpuzzlingunfathomableimpenetrable
Also see
darkenigmaticenigmaticalimpenetrableincomprehensibleindecipherablelostobscureopaquepuzzlingunfathomableunintelligible

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishcomprehensible
  9. Englishuncomprehensible

From un- + comprehensible.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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