Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: incomprehensible
IPA transcription: [,ɪŋk,ɑmpɹəh'ɛnsɪbəl]
Pronunciations of incomprehensible
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: inexplicable, incomprehensible
    Meaning: incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"
  • Synonyms: incomprehensible, uncomprehensible
    Meaning: difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein
Usage examples
  • This was incomprehensible.
  • It is the most incomprehensible thing in the world
  • That the Sagoths can communicate with us is incomprehensible to them.
  • Dream distortion is the thing which makes the dream seem strange and incomprehensible to us.
  • I told her that one of the doctors was evidently puzzled, and that the other had acknowledged that the malady was so far incomprehensible to him.
  • It may seem incomprehensible, even ridiculous, to some persons, but it is nevertheless true, that we were none of us ever on intimate terms with him.
  • Admire the Creator, and all his works, to us incomprehensible: and do all the good you can upon earth; and take the chance of eternity, without dismay.
  • "In this place, also," says De Leon, "there are stones so large and so overgrown that our wonder is excited, it being incomprehensible how the power of man could have placed them where we see them.
  • I distinguished the unpredictably contoured springings of a vault, supported by natural pillars firmly based on a granite foundation, like the weighty columns of Tuscan architecture. Why had our incomprehensible guide taken us into the depths of this underwater crypt?
  • With these fitting words was presented a man whose simple faith has been the motive power of his works, to whom pain and weariness of flesh have called no stay since there was discouragement never, to whom personal danger has counted as nothing since fear is incomprehensible.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Harvey Milk, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Ottoman Empire, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Calvin and Hobbes, License CC BY-SA 4.0