inapprehensible
- adjective
- /ˌɪnˌæprɪˈhɛnsəbl/
- The thief proved inapprehensible despite the police's best efforts to track him down.
Examples
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For years, the mysterious hacker remained inapprehensible to authorities around the world.
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The rare bird was so quick and clever that it seemed almost inapprehensible to researchers.
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The thief was inapprehensible despite the police search.
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Why is the suspect still inapprehensible to the authorities?
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The thief proved inapprehensible despite the police's best efforts to track him down.
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For years, the mysterious hacker remained inapprehensible to authorities around the world.
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The rare bird was so quick and clever that it seemed almost inapprehensible to researchers.
Synonyms
Not able to be reached, used, or understood
Cannot be found or connected to where it started
Too difficult for people to reach or get
Very hard to find
A person who police have not caught after a crime
Antonyms
How Catchable
Surface Forms
Morphology
inapprehensible = apprehensible (semi-transparent) = in + apprehens + ible
This sense is a straightforward negation of 'apprehensible' meaning 'able to be caught or taken into custody'.
Etymology
The word inapprehensible comes from the parts in- 'not' and apprehend 'to seize' or 'to arrest'. So inapprehensible means 'not able to be caught', which is why we use it for people or things that cannot be captured.