uncomprehended
Beyond one's understanding
Uncomprehended means not understood or grasped.
Something uncomprehended remains beyond one's ability to make sense of it: The physics lecture left several concepts uncomprehended.
The word often suggests material that proved too difficult or foreign to absorb, rather than simply overlooked.
Puzzling and obscure
- crypticObscure in meaning
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- obscureUnknown to most
- abstruseDifficult to comprehend
unfathomable · impenetrable · esoteric · arcane · opaque · veiled · hidden · inexplicable
State of being baffled
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- puzzlementState of being baffled
- bafflementMental state of confusion
- befuddlementState of utter confusion
disorientation · uncertainty · muddle · fog · haze · blur · daze · disconcertment
Incorrectly comprehended
- misconstruedIncorrectly understood another's meaning
- misinterpretedUnderstood incorrectly
- misreadInterpret text incorrectly
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
neglected · unrecognized · unappreciated · unacknowledged · disregarded · unnoticed · unperceived · unobserved
Not yet investigated
- unfamiliarNot previously known
- unchartedNot yet documented
- unknownNot yet discovered
- unmappedLacking cartographic representation
unrevealed · unfathomed · untouched · alien · foreign · unplumbed · virgin · unexamined
enigmatic
Puzzling and obscure
- crypticObscure in meaning
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- obscureUnknown to most
abstruse · unfathomable · impenetrable · esoteric · arcane · opaque · veiled · hidden · inexplicable · recondite
bewilderment
State of being baffled
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- puzzlementState of being baffled
- bafflementMental state of confusion
befuddlement · disorientation · uncertainty · muddle · fog · haze · blur · daze · disconcertment · opacity
misunderstood
Incorrectly comprehended
- misconstruedIncorrectly understood another's meaning
- misinterpretedUnderstood incorrectly
- misreadInterpret text incorrectly
ignored · neglected · unrecognized · unappreciated · unacknowledged · disregarded · unnoticed · unperceived · unobserved · unheard
unexplored
Not yet investigated
- unfamiliarNot previously known
- unchartedNot yet documented
- unknownNot yet discovered
unmapped · unrevealed · unfathomed · untouched · alien · foreign · unplumbed · virgin · unexamined · uninvestigated
uncomprehendedcomprehended
Mentally absorbed meaning
understood · grasped · apprehended · fathomed · absorbed
uncomprehendedclear
Without obstruction or fog
intelligible · lucid · transparent · deciphered · interpreted