incongruent

[ in-kong-groo-uhnt, in-kuhn-groo-, -kuhng- ]

/ ɪnˈkɒŋ gru ənt, ˌɪn kənˈgru-, -kəŋ- /

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adjective

not accordant or in agreement; incongruous: All the horrible things she said about him turned out to be incongruent with the man we came to know and trust.

Chemistry. (of a substance or compound) undergoing a change or changes in composition when undergoing a reaction, as with incongruent melting.

OTHER WORDS FOR incongruent

1 inharmonious, discordant.

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OPPOSITES FOR incongruent

1 consonant.

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Origin of incongruent

First recorded in 1525–35; from Latin incongruent- (stem of incongruēns ) “inconsistent”; see in-³, congruent

OTHER WORDS FROM incongruent

in·con·gru·ence, nounin·con·gru·ent·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH incongruent

incongruous, incongruent

How to use incongruent in a sentence

This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
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But those weapons are of limited utility, especially during close-in fights.
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Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
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Their jurisdictions overlapped and the Gascon would play second fiddle to no one save to his great brother-in-law.
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But the novel disappeared under the clothes with amazing celerity as the voice of her sister-in-law demanded admission.
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