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   in·com·pre·hen·si·ble

   /ˌinˌkämprəˈhensəb(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. not able to be understood; not intelligible: "a language that is incomprehensible to anyone outside the office" Similar unintelligibleindecipherableincoherentinarticulateunintelligibleimpossible to understandimpenetrableuncleartoo difficult/hard to understandbeyond comprehensionbeyond onebeyond one's graspunfathomableunaccountableinexplicableinscrutablebafflingbewilderingmystifyingpuzzlingconfusingperplexingabstruseobscureopaqueesotericreconditearcanemysteriousDelphiccomplicatedcomplexinvolvedintricateinformal:over one's headall Greek to someonedouble Dutcharchaic:wilderingOpposite intelligiblecomprehensibleintelligibleunderstandableclear

   Word Origin late Middle English (earlier than comprehensible): from Latin incomprehensibilis, from in- ‘not’ + comprehensibilis (see comprehensible).

   Derivatives

   • 1. incomprehensibility noun
   • 2. incomprehensibleness noun
   • 3. incomprehensibly adverb

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   Incomprehensible definition: impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.. See examples of INCOMPREHENSIBLE used in a sentence.

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   Incomprehensible definition: . See examples of INCOMPREHENSIBLE used in a sentence.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishINCOMPRESSIBLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   not able to be pressed into a smaller space: Air is extremely compressible, while water is almost incompressible. The risk of explosion is greatly reduced by the use of incompressible fluids as the pressurizing medium. Fewer examples. There is no change in volume, that is, the material is incompressible.