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incomprehensible

/ɪnˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ noun C2
  1. Anything that is beyond understanding.

Plural incomprehensibles

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Oh, yes; certainly a speedy, violent death would be a fine means of deceiving these remorseless enemies, who appeared to pursue him with such incomprehensible vengeance.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1085 · C1
This manœuvre was incomprehensible to Dantès.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 72 · C1
For twenty minutes or more he continued his researches, measuring with the most exact care the distance between marks which were entirely invisible to me, and occasionally applying his tape to the walls in an equally incomprehensible manner.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 34 · B2
“This is a most extraordinary case,” he said at last—“a most incomprehensible affair.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 66 · B2

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