Frustrated and uncomprehending, Emile asks Cable why he and Nellie have such prejudices. She is a careless and uncomprehending reader, often simply parroting what she has read. The young, engrossed in narrow preoccupations, are uncomprehending of the dangers that surround them. Painfully, he tries to explain his abstract motives for the crime to the uncomprehending Sonya. At an opera rehearsal in Vienna, Bernstein was confronted with an uncomprehending singer. Frankie's mother died when she was born, and her father is a distant, uncomprehending figure. He orders an uncomprehending Jessie out of their house, telling her their marriage is over.