2. Refusal or failure to comply. Strype.
Incompliant
(In`com*pli"ant) a. Not compliant; unyielding to request, solicitation, or command; stubborn.
— In`com*pli"ant*ly, adv.
Incomposed
(In`com*posed") a. Disordered; disturbed. [Obs.] Milton. — In`com*po"sed*ly adv. [Obs.]
— In`com*pos"ed*ness, n. [Obs.]
Incomposite
(In`com*pos"ite) a. [L. incompositus. See Composite.] Not composite; uncompounded; simple.
Incomposite numbers.
See Prime numbers, under Prime.
Incompossible
(In`com*pos"si*ble) a. [Pref. in- not + compossible: cf. F. incompossible.] Not capable
of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent. [Obs.]
Ambition and faith . . . are . . . incompossible.
Jer. Taylor. — In`com*pos`si*bil"i*ty n. [Obs.]
Incomprehense
(In*com`pre*hense") a. [L. incomprehensus.] Incomprehensible. [Obs.] "Incomprehense
in virtue." Marston.
Incomprehensibility
(In*com`pre*hen`si*bil"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. incompréhensibilité.] The quality of being
incomprehensible, or beyond the reach of human intellect; incomprehensibleness; inconceivability; inexplicability.
The constant, universal sense of all antiquity unanimously confessing an incomprehensibility in many of
the articles of the Christian faith.
South. Incomprehensible
(In*com`pre*hen"si*ble) a. [L. incomprehensibilis: cf. F. incompréhensible. See In-
not, and Comprehensible.]
1. Not capable of being contained within limits.
An infinite and incomprehensible substance.
Hooker. 2. Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable.
And all her numbered stars that seem to roll
Spaces incomprehensible.
Milton. — In*com`pre*hen"si*ble*ness, n. — In*com`pre*hen"si*bly, adv.
Incomprehension
(In*com`pre*hen"sion) n. Want of comprehension or understanding. "These mazes
and incomprehensions." Bacon.
Incomprehensive
(In*com`pre*hen"sive) a. Not comprehensive; not capable of including or of understanding; not
extensive; limited. — In*com`pre*hen"sive*ly, a. Sir W. Hamilton. — In*com`pre*hen"sive*ness, n.
T. Warton.
Incompressibility
(In`com*press`i*bil"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. incompressibilité.] The quality of being incompressible,
or incapable of reduction in volume by pressure; — formerly supposed to be a property of liquids.
The incompressibility of water is not absolute.
Rees. Incompressible
(In`com*press"i*ble) a. [Pref. in- not + compressible: cf. F. incompressible.] Not
compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting
compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible. — In`com*press"i*ble*ness,
n.