uncomprehending

[US]/ˌʌnkɒmprɪ'hendɪŋ/
[UK]/ʌn,kɑmprɪ'hɛndɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. lacking understanding or comprehension

Example Sentences

the old man's milky, uncomprehending eyes.

stare at him uncomprehendingly

shake their heads uncomprehendingly

Real-world Examples

" A woman" ? Cersei stared at him, uncomprehending. " What woman? Why? Where did they go" ?

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

I am dismissive of the virtuous, unaware of the beautiful and uncomprehending in the face of the happy.

Source: Sherlock Holmes Detailed Explanation

In a moment, uncomprehending but affectionate, he caught her in his arms.

Source: Magician

And even with my ocular limitations, I witnessed firsthand your glazed, uncomprehending expressions.

Source: Fresh air

And because his uncomprehending family are applying pressure for him to become a lawyer.

Source: History

Tommy Barban looked at her, uncomprehending but alert; the pupils of his eyes flashed.

Source: The Night is Gentle (Part Two)

I did as I was told and tried not to hear Josh's voice, outraged and uncomprehending, echoing in my head.

Source: Still Me (Me Before You #3)

Puzzled and uncomprehending, I knelt down, and lifting the fold of cloth, looked into the dead beautiful face of Marthe Daubreuil!

Source: Murder at the golf course

Dimly it passed across their confused and uncomprehending minds, taken at its broadest for a coarse joke, at its subtlest for a " shame" .

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)

Then Mammy was in the room, Mammy with shoulders dragged down by two heavy wooden buckets, her kind black face sad with the uncomprehending sadness of a monkey's face.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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