incomprehension

== English == === Etymology === From in- +‎ comprehension. === Pronunciation === === Noun === incomprehension (uncountable) Lack of comprehension or understanding; inability to understand. 1995, Gary Wolf, "The Curse of Xanadu", Wired Magazine As a guest lecturer in Nelson's class, Miller ran through his ideas for a Xanadu-like software system. Afterward, he was approached by one of the students, Stuart Greene. Miller asked Greene what the reaction to his ideas had been. Not so good, Greene informed him. As always, the class had listened in dumb incomprehension. They seldom understood what Nelson was talking about […] ==== Antonyms ==== comprehension ==== Derived terms ==== incomprehensible incomprehensive ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “incomprehension”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “incomprehension”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.