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Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable. They are q…

Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure; incommensurable.

Incomprehensible. [Obs.] "Incomprehense in virtue." Marston.

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.

Not capable of being contained within limits. An infinite and incomprehensible substance. Hooker.

Want of comprehension or understanding. "These mazes and incomprehensions." Bacon.

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.

The quality or state of being incondensable.

Not condensable; incapable of being made more dense or compact, or reduced to liquid form.

The quality or state of not being defensible. Walsh.

Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an indefensible fortress, position, cause, etc. Men find that something can be said in favor of what, on the very proposal, they thought utterly indefensible. Burke.

In an indefensible manner.

Defenseless. [Obs.] The sword awes the indefensive villager. Sir T. Herbert.

Incapable of being found out. Bp. Morton.

Indispensableness.

Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.

The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary. S. Clarke.

In an indispensable manner. "Indispensably necessary." Bp. Warburton.

Not expensive; cheap.

Not capable of being extended; not elastic; as, inextensible fibers.