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Dictionary: in·com·pre·hen·si·ble   (ĭn'kŏm-prĭ-hĕn'sə-bəl, ĭn-kŏm'-) pronunciation
adj.
    1. Difficult or impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible: incomprehensible jargon.
    2. Impossible to know or fathom: incomprehensible mysteries.
  1. Archaic. Having no limits; boundless.
incomprehensibility in'com·pre·hen'si·bil'i·ty or in'com·pre·hen'si·ble·ness n.
incomprehensibly in'com·pre·hen'si·bly adv.

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adjective

    Incapable of being grasped by the intellect or understanding: impenetrable, inscrutable, uncomprehensible, unfathomable, unintelligible. See knowledge/ignorance.

Antonyms: incomprehensible
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adj

Definition: not understandable
Antonyms: clear, comprehensible, fathomable, intelligible, understandable


WordNet: incomprehensible
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: incapable of being explained or accounted for
  Synonym: inexplicable

Meaning #2: difficult to understand
  Synonym: uncomprehensible
  Antonym: comprehensible (meaning #2)


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uforståelig, ubegribelig, ufattelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
onbegrijpelijk

Français (French)
adj. - incompréhensible, inintelligible

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unbegreiflich, unverständlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ακατάληπτος, ακαταλαβίστικος, ακατανόητος, ασύλληπτος, αδιανόητος

Italiano (Italian)
incomprensibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - incompreensível

Русский (Russian)
непостижимый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - incomprensible

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - obegriplig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不能理解的, 深不可测的, 费解的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不能理解的, 深不可測的, 費解的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 이해력이 없는, 포용력이 없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 理解できない, 不可解な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مبهم, غير مفهوم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא מובן, תמוה, שאין לתארו‬


 
 
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