incomprehensible
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Kenyan President William Ruto has faced a social media backlash after publicly suggesting that Nigerian-accented English was incomprehensible and required a translator.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Good, bad or completely incomprehensible, “The Drama” has done just that.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
Arthur is a creepy dude, a generic-looking cellphone store employee with an incomprehensible plan.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Appalled by the incomprehensible waste—Hiroshima was still weeks away—he searched for precedent in myth and antiquity, alighting at once on the North African city of Carthage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
The rare remarks he addressed to me were cryptic and incomprehensible.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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