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ungrasped

ungrasped

9.0
A thing people do not fully understand
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈɡræst/
translation icon : incomprendido
  • The complex theory remained ungrasped by many students after the lecture.

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
unfathomed
vsungrasped
1 9.9

Too deep or mysterious to understand

highlights partial lack of understanding rather than extreme depth
undeciphered
vsungrasped
1 9.0

Hard to read or understand

means not fully grasped mentally rather than simply not decoded
unsearchable
vsungrasped
1 7.6

Hard to know what someone thinks or feels

focuses on unreadable inner states rather than general lack of grasp
ungraspable
vsungrasped
1 8.6

Difficult to understand even after thinking about it

denotes partial lack of understanding rather than absolute impossibility
uninterpretable
vsungrasped
1 8.2

Not possible to understand or explain

describes partial nonunderstanding rather than total unintelligibility
uncomprehended
vsungrasped
8.7

Not fully understood by people

has identical meaning and differs only in wording
unapprehended
vsungrasped
9.1

Not understood or noticed by most people

focuses on incomplete understanding rather than lack of notice
uninterpreted
vsungrasped
7.2

Something people have not explained or given a meaning

refers to incomplete mental comprehension rather than lack of explanation
unpenetrated
vsungrasped
9.1

Not yet explored or understood

signals incomplete comprehension rather than physical lack of entry
unscannable
vsungrasped
8.4

Difficult to read from a person's face or behavior

is about general incomplete understanding rather than only expressions
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
6.5

Completely understood in the mind

How Understood

unclear
207 3.9
ungrasped
9.0

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'.