incomprehension

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English comprehension English incomprehension From in- + comprehension.

1. Lack of comprehension or understanding; inability to understand.

   “Stephen blushed; and his father looked from one to the other in a state of utter incomprehension.”

   “(...) and the wearied worker, borne at evening through crowded undergrounds, might read his name with a listless incomprehension.”