Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not understanding; having little or no comprehension.
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- adjective Lacking
comprehension orunderstanding .
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- adjective lacking understanding
Etymologies
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Examples
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After following the "Gen-Y" saga for perhaps six months I remain uncomprehending of what precisely it is that Gen-Y wants.
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That's how someone can say anything else is 'uncomprehending' the problem.
"You paint all Islamics the same way." Ann Althouse 2008
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The hippos nearest to us watched with a kind of uncomprehending belligerence such as we had become used to at the airports in Zaire, but most of them simply lay there with their heads up on their neighbours 'rumps wearing huge grins of oafish contentment.
Last Chance to See Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1990
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It just didn't work for me, may I be "uncomprehending" or not.
DVD Times 2009
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It just didn't work for me, may I be "uncomprehending" or not.
DVD Times 2009
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It just didn't work for me, may I be "uncomprehending" or not.
DVD Times 2009
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It just didn't work for me, may I be "uncomprehending" or not.
DVD Times 2009
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It just didn't work for me, may I be "uncomprehending" or not.
DVD Times 2009
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It just didn't work for me, may I be "uncomprehending" or not.
DVD Times 2009
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The creature paused, having reverted to its dull, uncomprehending state.
Conan Fan Fiction! Cromsblood 2009
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