incomprehensible

Example Sentences

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Berkshire employs no complex and incomprehensible compensation formulas for executives.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

“We are grieving as a family over this incomprehensible tragic accident and we grieve the loss of our beloved grandson, Anthony,” they said at the time.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

As both the new “Vanderpump” and the still-shuttered “RHONY” suggest, viewers don’t come to Bravo’s programming for character archetypes and pervasive yet incomprehensible “drama.”

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

The nuns' superior, Provost Markus Grasl from Reichersberg Abbey, called on them to return to the care home, saying their decision to return to the convent was "completely incomprehensible".

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

In writing about his discoveries Galileo was not obliged to write in a way that others found puzzling or incomprehensible: it was what he said that caused consternation, not how he said it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton