Meaning of un-understandability | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being ununderstandable.

uncountable

Examples

“From the occasion of Balaam’s astonishment, “when the first great critic proffered his opinion” (as the witty Mr. Whistler has put⟳ it spitefully), down to these times of flippant oracles of art, the well-intentioned student has been bewildered and swerved from his own⟳ opinions, discouraged, in short, by the conflict or un-understandability of warring teachers.”

“Their un-understandability, I suggested, was part of their charm?”

“We have⟳ heard many Carolinians descant on Gullah, it is African say⟳ they, it is Afro-Americano say⟳ others, and having heard it several times ourself, it is the last⟳ word in gibberish and un-understandability.”

“Maybe her un-understandability is what makes the Atlantic enthuse.”

“These actions may become⟳ symbolical, lose⟳ the traces of their origins, and thus prevent⟳ a superficial un-understandability in a manner not dissimilar to the compulsions of some neurotics.”

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