incoherence

[ in-koh-heer-uhns, -her- ]
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noun
  1. the quality or state of being incoherent.

  2. something incoherent; an incoherent statement, article, speech, etc.

Origin of incoherence

1
First recorded in 1605–15; in-3 + coherence

Words Nearby incoherence

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How to use incoherence in a sentence

  • He also, in bass incoherence, formulated the opinion that in such a nest might he found true happiness.

    Jaffery | William J. Locke
  • She overlooked his incoherence, knowing well that he referred to Bruce and Ivarene.

  • The very incoherence of the demand witnessed, I think, to the forces that lay behind it.

    The New Machiavelli | Herbert George Wells
  • His words crowded over each other; his growing incoherence was unintelligible to most of the audience.

    Mountain | Clement Wood
  • But his natural incoherence redeemed the situation, and when dinner was over it was already time to start for the opera.

    The Angel of Pain | E. F. Benson