uncomprehensible

Examples

• All

• The old manuscript's handwriting was uncomprehensible to modern readers.

• The instructions were almost uncomprehensible because of poor translation.

• Her explanation was so technical that it became uncomprehensible to most of the audience.

• Why is this text so uncomprehensible?

• The instructions for assembling the furniture were so detailed that they felt uncomprehensible to me.

• Despite reading the book several times, its complex themes remained uncomprehensible.

• Her explanation of the scientific theory was uncomprehensible, leaving many students confused.

Synonyms

U

unintelligible

vsuncomprehensible

∞ 8.6

Not clear enough to understand

is the same inability to be understood but in nonstandard form

I

incomprehensible

vsuncomprehensible

46 8.8

Difficult or impossible to understand

is the same meaning but presented as a nonstandard variant

B

baffling

vsuncomprehensible

27 6.4

Hard to understand and causing confusion

expresses similar puzzlement but as a nonstandard alternative

U

unfathomable

vsuncomprehensible

23 8.6

Very hard to understand or measure how deep something is

is the same extreme difficulty but expressed nonstandardly

U

unexplainable

vsuncomprehensible

19 7.0

Something people cannot understand or find a clear reason for

is general failure to understand rather than unexplained cause focus

U

unknowable

vsuncomprehensible

19 7.4

Something you cannot find out or understand

is the same impossibility of understanding but given nonstandardly

I

impenetrable

vsuncomprehensible

14 8.3

Very hard to understand

is the same mental difficulty but shown as a nonstandard form

I

inscrutable

vsuncomprehensible

12 8.9

Hard to understand because it shows no clear meaning or feeling

is similar but given as a nonstandard alternative

H

hard to follow

vsuncomprehensible

9 6.4

Difficult to understand

conveys the same difficulty but uses a nonstandard wording

I

indecipherable

vsuncomprehensible

8 8.8

Too hard to read or understand

is broader, expressing general incomprehension rather than reading difficulty

U

undecipherable

vsuncomprehensible

1 9.1

Very hard to read or understand

is the wider phrase for general inability to understand

U

ungraspable

vsuncomprehensible

1 8.6

Difficult to understand even after thinking about it

is the same comprehension failure but in a nonstandard shape

U

ungettable

vsuncomprehensible

1 9.6

Hard or impossible to understand

focuses just on hard understanding presented as a nonstandard variant

U

uninterpretable

vsuncomprehensible

1 8.2

Not possible to understand or explain

is the same lack of explainability but in nonstandard form

U

unsearchable

vsuncomprehensible

1 7.6

Hard to know what someone thinks or feels

is broader nonstandard wording for general difficulty understanding

I

inapprehensible

vsuncomprehensible

9.9

Hard to understand or explain

is the same idea of failure to understand but nonstandard in form

U

unscannable

vsuncomprehensible

8.4

Difficult to read from a person's face or behavior

is general inability to understand, not limited to behaviour

I

incognizable

vsuncomprehensible

• Formal

9.9

Not possible for people to know or understand

is the same mental unknowability framed as nonstandard usage

I

incognoscible

vsuncomprehensible

• Archaic

9.9

Not possible for people to know or understand

is similar but appears as a nonstandard alternative form

Antonyms

C

clear

∞ 1.0

Easy to understand and not confusing

C

comprehensible

11 3.7

Easy to understand

How Understandable

clear

∞ 1.0

understandable

171 1.6

unclear

207 3.9

confusing

276 3.2

baffling

27 6.4

uncomprehensible

• Informal

9.9

unintelligible

∞ 8.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology