incoherent
[in-koh-heer-uhnt, -her-]
- without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.
- characterized by such thought or language, as a person: incoherent with rage.
- not coherent or cohering: an incoherent mixture.
- lacking physical cohesion; loose: incoherent dust.
- lacking unity or harmony of elements: an incoherent public.
- lacking congruity of parts; uncoordinated.
- different or incompatible by nature, as things.
- Physics. (of a wave) having a low degree of coherence.Compare coherent(def 4).
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Origin of incoherent
Synonyms
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com1. confused, irrational, muddled.
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muddledunevenpuzzlingramblingincongruousdisjointedincomprehensiblejumbledirrationalbreathlessconfuseddisconnecteddiscontinuousdiscordantdisordereddumbinarticulateinconsistentindistinctindistinguishableExamples from the Web for incoherent
Contemporary Examples
There are no hipsters anymore—at least none that live up to the crazy, incoherent stereotypes in circulation.
Sabo is as incoherent and hateful as any run-of-the-mill troll.
Second, the view that corporations have consciences is incoherent.
It was from Jack, but so incoherent that I thought he must have lost his reason.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the ShowRobert W. Chambers
February 20, 2014
Yet our distinction between secular and religious buildings would have been incoherent to the ancient Greeks.
Historical Examples
Evelyn made some incoherent response, unintelligible to Grace.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton CampusJessie Graham Flower
The sight greatly staggered him, and he was so affected that his account of it was incoherent.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
What an incoherent letter will you have, when I get it to you!
Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
At last he spoke, but his words were strange and incoherent.
Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From HomeBayard Taylor
Fragments of his life formed the subject of the words, incoherent and disconnected.
Louisiana LouWilliam West Winter
incoherent
- lacking in clarity or organization; disordered
- unable to express oneself clearly; inarticulate
- physics (of two or more waves) having the same frequency but not the same phaseincoherent light
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