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beats me

ADJECTIVE
incomprehensible
Synonyms
STRONGEST
baffling impenetrable inconceivable mystifying opaque puzzling unfathomable unimaginable unintelligible
WEAK
Delphic beyond comprehension beyond one's grasp clear as mud cryptic enigmatic fathomless incognizable inscrutable mysterious obscure over one's head perplexing sibylline unclear ungraspable unknowable
Antonyms
STRONGEST
believable clear comprehensible fathomable imaginable intelligible understandable
ADJECTIVE
uncomprehensible
Synonyms
WEAK
Delphic baffling beyond comprehension beyond one's grasp clear as mud cryptic enigmatic fathomless impenetrable incognizable inconceivable inscrutable mysterious mystifying obscure opaque over one's head perplexing puzzling sibylline unclear unfathomable ungraspable unimaginable unintelligible unknowable

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"If I say to Paddy, 'I'm the best at snakes and ladders', he's going to be playing snakes and ladders for eight hours until he beats me," says Rimmer.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

So I got a trainer — his name is Robbie Egan — and Robbie comes to my house at 5 o’clock in the morning before I start work and beats me up.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

“He beats me some reps, I get him some reps. That’s what it’s all about, that’s the name of the game — getting better,” Neal said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2022

Each time the computer beats me, I’m reminded of the ways humanity can survive a biological apocalypse.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2020

A minute later the door opens, and before I can get in, Zack suddenly springs to life and beats me to it.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.