uncomprehending


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un·com·pre·hend·ing

(ŭn′kŏm-prĭ-hĕn′dĭng)
adj.
Not understanding; having little or no comprehension.
un′com·pre·hend′ing·ly adv.
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uncomprehending

(ˌʌnkɒmprɪˈhɛndɪŋ)
adj
not able to understand; puzzled: a long, uncomprehending look.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj. 1. [画像:uncomprehending - lacking understanding]uncomprehending - lacking understanding; "tried to explain to her uncomprehending husband"
undiscerning - lacking discernment
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uncomprehending

adjective
Unwilling or unable to perceive:
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Translations

uncomprehending

[ˈʌnˌkɒmprɪˈhendɪŋ] ADJ → incomprensivo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

uncomprehending

[ˌʌnkɒmprɪˈhɛndɪŋ] adj [look] → d'incompréhension
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

uncomprehending

adj, uncomprehendingly
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uncomprehending

[ʌnˌkɒmprɪˈhɛndɪŋ] adj (baffled) → perplesso/a
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Standing out of the way, he had watched his captain walk the weather-side of the poop, he took full cognizance of his liking for that inexplicably strange man and saw him swerve towards the companion and go down below with sympathetic if utterly uncomprehending eyes.
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The creature looked about him in a dazed, uncomprehending manner.
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