Definition of Incomprehensible
1. Adjective. Incapable of being explained or accounted for. "Left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"
Also: Uncomprehensible, Insoluble
Similar to: Cryptic, Cryptical, Deep, Inscrutable, Mysterious, Mystifying, Paradoxical, Self-contradictory, Unaccountable, Unexplainable, Unexplained
Derivative terms: Incomprehensibility
Antonyms: Explicable
2. Adjective. Difficult to understand. "The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"
Also: Unclear, Inexplicable, Unintelligible
Similar to: Dark, Obscure, Enigmatic, Enigmatical, Puzzling, Unfathomable, Impenetrable, Indecipherable, Lost, Missed, Opaque, Unintelligible
Antonyms: Comprehensible
Derivative terms: Incomprehensibility
Definition of Incomprehensible
1. a. Not capable of being contained within limits.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Incomprehensible
Literary usage of Incomprehensible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of George Berkeley ...: Including His Posthumous Works; with by George Berkeley (1901)
"... it must seem above the powers of men to comprehend even the first fluxions.
And if the first are incomprehensible, what shall we ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"This he holds to be an incomprehensible mystery. He is content to define the
actual distinction between Father and Son by saying that the former is God ..."
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