incomprehension
Example Sentences
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Yes, in some quarters, there is total incomprehension at the idea of replacing a landslide-winning leader, and fury at Sarwar's intervention.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
Like the peevish alien Roger from American Dad, Sam’s general attitude toward the human world in which he finds himself is equal parts incomprehension and condescension.
From Slate • Oct. 5, 2023
And as played by De Waele, Rémi, though less front and center, registers a heartrending incomprehension at Léo’s betrayal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023
Pádraic's distress and incomprehension around Colm's rejection allows McDonagh to explore not only the grief experienced when adult friends decouple, but also vicariously the collapse of childhood friendships or family estrangements.
From Salon • Jan. 16, 2023
He spent four days rushing from one office to the next, in a series of desperate maneuvers that all ran up against the same wall of bureaucratic incomprehension.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
