Meaning & use
incomprehensible
Impossible or extremely difficult to understand, follow, or make sense of.
See it in a sentence
The professor's dense jargon made the lecture nearly incomprehensible to beginners.
His handwriting was so incomprehensible that the pharmacist had to call to confirm the prescription.
A note on using this word
Stronger than confusing, implying that understanding is essentially impossible, not just difficult.
Words with a similar meaning
unintelligiblebaffling
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Words with an opposite meaning
comprehensibleclear
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