INCOMPREHENSIBLENESS Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

incomprehensibleness

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as in incomprehensibility

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Noun

This was only the start of the incomprehensibility of this segment.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2026
This incomprehensibility was in no small part due to the way Turing had incorporated the conventions of the tape reader into the system software.

— Alan Turing, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Oct. 2017

Definition of incomprehensibility

Noun

Future Vikings Ring of Honor member Harrison Smith’s status remains up in the air, but the team’s uncertainty at the position suggests his return would be welcome.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The uncertainty has left many California homeowners at war with their insurers.

— Evan Bush, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of uncertainty

Noun

What The Dark Wizard does differently is grapple with Potter’s impenetrability without being able to resolve it, and consider how that indecision might change our perceptions of his life and his May 2015 death while BASE jumping in Yosemite.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026
Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025

Definition of impenetrability

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The incident quickly became part of Hemingway’s mythos, despite—and perhaps in part because of—the haziness of some of the details.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
On the one hand, the film is about how our memories betray us over time, and how this gradual haziness of recollection contributes to a false sense of security that encourages people to remain within them.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026

Definition of haziness

Noun

One acrylic piece plus one strip of 12 percent NDF knocked the display back to just about the perfect dimness, comparable to my existing cheap bedside clock.

— Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
Both panels are wrapped by thin bezels and get up to 3500 nits of brightness, but only the Pro screen can drop to 1 nit of dimness (which is easier on the eyes for use in a dark room).

— Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

Definition of dimness

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Bakos said the overall effect of the mirrors would depend on the reflectiveness of the illuminated surface and the cloudiness of the sky.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Clear resins can be some of the most demanding materials to print, with even minor exposure issues showing up as cloudiness, yellowing, or a loss of fine detail.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026

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