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Deficient in mental grasp
Answer for the clue "Deficient in mental grasp ", 15 letters:
incomprehensive
Word definitions for incomprehensive in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + comprehensive .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. not comprehensive [syn: noncomprehensive ] [ant: comprehensive ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in 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.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Not comprehensive; shallow, incomplete. 2 uncomprehending
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.