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incomprehensive en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English comprehensive English incomprehensive From in- + comprehensive.

Meanings

  1. Not comprehensive; shallow, incomplete.
  2. Uncomprehending.
    • So she for those first few moments stood incomprehensive and stared with empty eyes. 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
  3. Incomprehensible.

Forms

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most incomprehensive Degree=Sup lexicographic
more incomprehensive Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

incomprehensiveness · incomprehensively