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Incomprehensive

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
incomprehensive

1650s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + comprehensive.

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incomprehensive

a. 1 Not comprehensive; shallow, incomplete. 2 uncomprehending

WordNet
incomprehensive

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.