ungraspable

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ graspable.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʌnˈɡɹɑːspəb(ə)l/

Adjective

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ungraspable (not comparable)

  1. Not able to be reached or grasped.
  2. Not able to be remembered or comprehended.
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 250:
      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.