discrepant

American  

[dih-skrep-uhnt] / dɪˈskrɛp ənt /

adjective

1. (usually of two or more objects, accounts, findings etc.) differing; disagreeing; inconsistent.

   discrepant accounts.

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Other Word Forms

• discrepantly adverb
• self-discrepant adjective
• self-discrepantly adverb

Etymology

Origin of discrepant

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin discrepant- (stem of discrepāns ), present participle of discrepāre to sound discordant, equivalent to dis- dis- ¹ + crepāre to crack, creak; -ant

Example Sentences

To help him analyze the precious score’s two discrepant versions, Bern enlists the wisecracking, decoding mastermind Eboni Washington, who digitizes and cross-analyzes all the musical data.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

And then, even more serious, is that the result is not only discrepant with theoretical calculations but also with previous experimental measurements.

From Scientific American • May 11, 2022

The lab’s accreditation agency and the Forensic Investigation Council, an independent agency that oversees Washington’s forensic lab operations and policies, also have been kept apprised of discrepant results, Loftis added.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2021

I guess my question is have you ever worked on something where the feeling of the world to the audience was just completely discrepant with the feeling of making it?

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2016

Let us turn now, however, to other information, extremely discrepant from that which was given us in the capital of Thibet. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis