as in unintelligible
impossible to understand
rocket science is incomprehensible to most people
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Recent Examples of incomprehensible
Their contributions to my life are incomprehensible.
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Emma Madden, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
In between are pieces that stretch the definition of what a song even is, an idea Walker would push to incomprehensible extremes in his later work.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2024
Your man could have poor hygiene, or a drug problem, or an incomprehensible hobby.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
According to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the Nolichucky Dam withstood nearly twice the water flow of the iconic Niagara Falls during Hurricane Helene—an incomprehensible amount of water.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
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Emma Madden, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
In between are pieces that stretch the definition of what a song even is, an idea Walker would push to incomprehensible extremes in his later work.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2024
Your man could have poor hygiene, or a drug problem, or an incomprehensible hobby.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
According to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the Nolichucky Dam withstood nearly twice the water flow of the iconic Niagara Falls during Hurricane Helene—an incomprehensible amount of water.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomprehensible
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According to Klippenstein, parts of the document are unintelligible due to Mangione's handwriting.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Instead, like 2022’s Smile, the end credits are accompanied by haunting unintelligible voices and sounds throughout.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Because the stones making up different aspects of the mysterious structure were moved from many parts of the British Isles, there must have been a reason for it.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 28 Dec. 2024
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In this telling, young Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult) is dispatched to a remote castle to finalize the paperwork on a property purchase by the mysterious Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård).Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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These technologies eat up unfathomable energy and data, driving everyone from Musk to Meta to invest billions in new sources of both.Axios, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
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The stamina required to do the same show, at the same place, at the same time, 20-odd times a year is unfathomable in the modern TV landscape.David LaChapelle, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2024
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Both years, Durbin showed an uncanny ability to steal bases.Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Wilson said Isaacman has an uncanny ability to get in the weeds despite being the CEO of a company that now has more than 3,000 employees.MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
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In the 1980s, a mathematician posed a geometric version of one of the program’s key components — the geometric Langlands conjecture, which involves esoteric mathematical objects called sheaves.Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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The Treatment Components Over the course of four days of the Rebalance and Energize program, refined by various medical and nutritional consultations and diagnoses, my agenda was a lineup of esoteric/scientific, alternative therapy and purely sybaritic offerings.Laurie Werner, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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The fame afforded Sacks financial freedom, as well as more opportunities to tell the stories of people whose isolation had previously seemed impenetrable.Michael S. Roth, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2024
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When planted in rows, Golden Oakland® Holly makes an impenetrable privacy screen.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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An obscure, yet utterly delicious, grower Champagne from Charles De Cazanove is poured by the glass—and the cellar list offers cult splits like Louis Latour Chassagne-Montrachet and Cos D'Estournel Bordeaux Red Blend that guests can purchase with cash or miles.Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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They’re housed within the Department of Justice and run from an obscure corner of the bureaucracy called the Executive Office for Immigration Review in the Justice.Brian Bennett, TIME, 30 Dec. 2024
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Fans and friends alike can’t get enough of the abstract albeit cryptic cover art.Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Read: Pets really can be like human family Wearables could be especially helpful for cats, who are notoriously cryptic and tend to hide pain until a condition has significantly progressed.Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Incomprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incomprehensible. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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