incoherent

[ in-koh-heer-uhnt, -her- ]

/ ˌɪn koʊˈhɪər ənt, -ˈhɛr- /

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adjective

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).

OTHER WORDS FOR incoherent

1 confused, irrational, muddled.

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Origin of incoherent

First recorded in 1620–30; in-³ + coherent

OTHER WORDS FROM incoherent

in·co·her·ent·ly, adverb

Words nearby incoherent

incognita, incognito, incognizant, incoherence, incoherency, incoherent, in cold blood, in cold storage, incombustible, income, income account

How to use incoherent in a sentence

When I protested — with the righteous, incoherent anger that only a woman who is five centimeters dilated can muster — they told me that if I refused to consent to the test, they’d act as if it was positive.
Roe v. Wade Defined An Era. The Supreme Court Just Started A New One.|Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux (Amelia.Thomson-DeVeaux@abc.com)|June 24, 2022|FiveThirtyEight
Between the 1940s and the 1970s, when polarization was generally low, and both parties were incoherent ideologically at the national level, candidates converged modestly in the middle of their district.
What We Lose When We Lose Competitive Congressional Districts|Lee Drutman (drutman@newamerica.org)|June 23, 2022|FiveThirtyEight
Complementarity has been derided as an incoherent application of vague philosophy expressed in incomprehensible language.
‘From Data to Quanta’ defends Niels Bohr’s view of quantum mechanics|Tom Siegfried|February 15, 2022|Science News
Because budget reconciliation is dictating the legislative process, leading to half-measures and incoherent policies that do not work as originally intended in the real world.
Senate rules could undercut Democrats’ prescription drug plan|Dylan Scott|November 19, 2021|Vox

Martyrs requires you to not only accept scenes of horrific violence but also recognize them as a disjointed narrative of trauma survival that’s sometimes incoherent by necessity.
The horror century|Aja Romano|October 25, 2021|Vox
The hallucination is visually incoherent, either a rough approximation of text or a random assemblage of letters.
Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of Death|Patricia Pearson|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are no hipsters anymore—at least none that live up to the crazy, incoherent stereotypes in circulation.
Why Do We Hate Hipsters So F'ing Much?|Ted Gioia|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sabo is as incoherent and hateful as any run-of-the-mill troll.
Breitbart Twerks Pelosi With Credibility-Destroying Ad|Emily Shire|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Second, the view that corporations have consciences is incoherent.
Do Corporations Believe in God? The ‘Hobby Lobby’ Case Has the Answer|Jay Michaelson|March 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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 Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He found himself trying to frame the words, but they broke into incoherent prayers, still to the same grotesque tune.
Uncanny Tales|Various
Miss Temperley found Professor Theobald entertaining, but at times a little incoherent.
The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird
With some such incoherent words the doctor caught up a book of prayers from the table and ran out after his wife.
A Thin Ghost and Others|M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
I can hardly say why I have written this incoherent note; except, that I am dispirited, and thirst to talk to you.
Alone|Marion Harland
"Yes, what he will never get," was the harsh reply, and Farnham only laughed at her incoherent ravings.
They Looked and Loved|Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller

British Dictionary definitions for incoherent

incoherent

/ (ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərənt) /

adjective

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

Derived forms of incoherent

incoherence, incoherency or incoherentness, nounincoherently, adverb

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