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The phrase "and could not be understood by" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that is unclear or incomprehensible to a specific audience or group.
Example: "The technical jargon used in the report was so complex that it could not be understood by the average reader."
Alternatives: "and was incomprehensible to" or "and eluded understanding by".
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Some had moderate intellectual disabilities and could not be understood by social workers.
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The generative semanticists, influenced by ordinary language philosophy, argued that sentences could not be understood outside a specific conversational context.
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Whatever he had to say could be understood by everyone.
The mechanisms of MITE amplification remain poorly understood; but for BuT2 MITES apparently, it could not be explained by duplications.
Li Liufa could not be reached by Forbes.
She understood that it could not be a full account.
They couldn't be lifted by man".
Not, he conceded, that the Holocaust could ever be understood.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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