Crossword clues for incomprehensive
incomprehensive
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incomprehensive \In*com`pre*hen"sive\, a.
Not comprehensive; not capable of including or of
understanding; not extensive; limited. --
In*com`pre*hen"sive*ly, a.
--Sir W. Hamilton. --
In*com`pre*hen"sive*ness, n.
--T. Warton.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + comprehensive.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Not comprehensive; shallow, incomplete. 2 uncomprehending
WordNet
adj. not comprehensive [syn: noncomprehensive] [ant: comprehensive]
Usage examples of "incomprehensive".
For an instant I probed into the blackness and the glory of his being and caught a glimpse or many glimpses-of what he knew, what he remembered, what he hoped, what he dreamed, what ho was, the purpose of him (although I am not sure I really caught a purpose), the unreal, shocking, almost incomprehensive structure of his society and the faint, blurred, rainbowed edges of its mores.