ungrasped - Glite Dictionary

Examples

Her explanation of the poem left several themes ungrasped by the class.
Despite repeated attempts, the concept was still ungrasped by him.
A good deed was only half done if credit for it went ungrasped.

Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

unknowable

vsungrasped

19 7.4

Something you cannot find out or understand

implies limited understanding rather than absolute unknowability

unscannable

vsungrasped

1 8.4

Difficult to read from a person's face or behavior

is about general incomplete understanding rather than only expressions

undeciphered

vsungrasped

1 9.0

Hard to read or understand

means not fully grasped mentally rather than simply not decoded

ungraspable

vsungrasped

1 8.6

Difficult to understand even after thinking about it

denotes partial lack of understanding rather than absolute impossibility

unfathomed

vsungrasped

1 9.9

Too deep or mysterious to understand

highlights partial lack of understanding rather than extreme depth

uninterpretable

vsungrasped

1 8.2

Not possible to understand or explain

describes partial nonunderstanding rather than total unintelligibility

uninterpreted

vsungrasped

1 7.2

Something people have not explained or given a meaning

refers to incomplete mental comprehension rather than lack of explanation

uncomprehended

vsungrasped

1 8.7

Not fully understood by people

has identical meaning and differs only in wording

unapprehended

vsungrasped

1 9.1

Not understood or noticed by most people

focuses on incomplete understanding rather than lack of notice

unpenetrated

vsungrasped

1 9.1

Not yet explored or understood

signals incomplete comprehension rather than physical lack of entry

unsearchable

vsungrasped

7.6

Hard to know what someone thinks or feels

focuses on unreadable inner states rather than general lack of grasp

inapprehensible

vsungrasped

9.9

Hard to understand or explain

expresses weaker, partial incomprehension rather than complete impossibility

incognoscible

vsungrasped

Archaic

9.9

Not possible for people to know or understand

means not fully grasped rather than utterly beyond perception

incognizable

vsungrasped

Formal

9.9

Not possible for people to know or understand

signals partial lack of comprehension rather than complete unrecognizability

Antonyms

apprehended

Formal

1 6.5

Completely understood in the mind

How Understood

understood

28 5.1

comprehended

1 3.8

unclear

212 3.9

ungrasped

9.0

uncomprehended

1 8.7

Surface Forms

ungrasped positive

Morphology

ungrasped = grasped (transparent) = un + grasp + ed

The prefix 'un-' clearly negates the adjective 'grasped', making the meaning 'not grasped'.

Etymology

The word ungrasped comes from un- meaning 'not' and grasp meaning 'to take or understand'. Think of trying to hold an idea in your hand but it slips away — that idea is 'ungrasped', which is why the word means 'not fully understood'.