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Definition: Uncomprehending |
UncomprehendingAdjective1. Lacking understanding; "tried to explain to her uncomprehending husband". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "uncomprehending" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
| "Uncomprehending" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Uncomprehending" is used about 70 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 70 | 39,981 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
uncomprehending | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "uncomprehending"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
German | verständnislos (blank, blankly, unappreciative, uncomprehendingly, unsympathetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | που δεν καταλαβαίνει. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felfoghatatlan (beyond one's depth, inapprehensible, inconceivable, inexplicable, intangible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omprehendinguncay непонимающий. (various references) oförstående (inappreciative, puzzled, unsympathetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "uncomprehending": uncomprehendingly. (additional references) | |
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"Uncomprehending" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: incomprehending. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-g-h-i-m-n-n-n-o-p-r-u" | |
-2 letters: comprehending. | |
-4 letters: nonreducing. | |
-5 letters: coenduring, compeering, comprehend, condemning, denouncing, echinoderm, endergonic, imprudence, neurogenic, proceeding, prominence, renouncing, unenriched. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-g-h-i-m-n-n-n-o-p-r-u" | |
+2 letters: uncomprehendingly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 63 6F 6D 70 72 65 68 65 6E 64 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -.-. --- -- .--. .-. . .... . -. -.. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100011 01101111 01101101 01110000 01110010 01100101 01101000 01100101 01101110 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n c o m p r e h e n d i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0063 006F 006D 0070 0072 0065 0068 0065 006E 0064 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)558069817982847174718070758073 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | "ερμανός, német, немецкий, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, греческий, грек, grek |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, венгр, венгерский, ungrare |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, русский, ryss |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, шведский, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, английский, engelsk |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage Frequency 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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