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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishuncomprehendingun‧com‧pre‧hend‧ing /ˌʌnkɒmprɪˈhendɪŋ $ -kɑːm-/ adjective UNDERSTAND#not understanding what is happening —uncomprehendingly adverb
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uncomprehending• Emmie looked at her, uncomprehending.• At all times he was uncomprehending and desperate for advice.• There were no cultural bureaucrats in State-subsidised theatres imposing the Brechtian avant-garde on uncomprehending audiences.• The result is that, when relationships break down, women's disappointment is often accompanied by extraordinary, uncomprehending bitterness.• Miss Harker stared at them uncomprehending for a second.• It stung, that eruption of uncomprehending idiocy.• She gave me a helpless uncomprehending look.• But now, uncomprehending, she laughed and ran up the wide stairs.• Artists who worked in advanced manners continued a tradition which the uncomprehending, wider, public would have called vanguard.
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