incomprehensible Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective incapable of being explained or accounted for
    inexplicable.
    • inexplicable errors
    • left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons
  2. adjective difficult to understand
    uncomprehensible.
    • the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein

WordNet


In*com`pre*hen"si*ble adjective
Etymology
L. incomprehensibilis: cf. F. incompréhensible. See In- not, and Comprehensible.
Definitions
  1. Not capable of being contained within limits.
    An infinite and incomprehensible substance. Hooker.
  2. Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable.
    And all her numbered stars that seem to roll Spaces incomprehensible. Milton.
    -- In*com`pre*hen"si*ble*ness, n. -- In*com`pre*hen"si*bly, adv.

Webster 1913