Ungraspable

//ʌnˈɡɹɑːspəb(ə)l// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not able to be reached or grasped. not-comparable

    "It is the image of the ungraspable phantom of life; and this is the key to it all."

  2. 2
    Not able to be remembered or comprehended. not-comparable

    "Before, somewhere and time ungraspable, blurred and beset with bewildering details, she had lain alone in bed, listening to gladsome bird voices, mingled with a sense of distressed humanity."

Synonyms

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abstrusedensefathomlessfathomlessimpenetrableimpenetrable

Example

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"For many, it seems to be ungraspable that one can love life without seeing any point in it."

Etymology

From un- + graspable.

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