See incomprehensible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nezrozumílyj",
"sense": "anything that is beyond understanding",
"word": "незрозумі́лий"
}
],
"word": "incomprehensible"
}
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