Incongruent Definition

ĭn-kŏnggro͝o-ənt, ĭnkŏn-gro͝oənt
adjective
Not congruent.
Webster's New World
Incongruous.
American Heritage

Out of place, incompatible, inharmonious, not congruent.

The yellow blazer was incongruent for the funeral.
Her knowledge of world politics was incongruent in someone so young.
Wiktionary

(mathematics) Of or relating to two numbers that have different remainders when divided by a third number.

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Incongruent Sentence Examples

  • But if it gives an indication of the range of approaches, how can we reconcile such apparently incongruent perspectives?

  • This type of provision seemed so incongruent to the needs of our patients.

  • The poet takes great joy in parsing together seemingly disparate words and evoking a sundry whole, a demulcent of the seemingly incongruent.

  • Telling a lie is usually incongruent to a person's cognitive pattern, and for this reason it is not surprising that a physical response - no matter how subtle - is usually present.

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