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View synonyms for incommensurate

incommensurate

[ in-kuh-men-ser-it, -sher- ]

adjective

  1. not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate:

    Our income is incommensurate to our wants.



incommensurate

/ ˌɪnkəˈmɛnʃərɪt /

adjective

  1. whenpostpositive, often foll by with not commensurate; disproportionate
  2. incommensurable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌincomˈmensurately, adverb
  • ˌincomˈmensurateness, noun
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Other Words From

  • incom·mensu·rate·ly adverb
  • incom·mensu·rate·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of incommensurate1

First recorded in 1640–50; in- 3 + commensurate
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Example Sentences

Our inspiration was a two-dimensional pattern known as a Penrose tiling, which is an unusual pattern that contains two different types of tiles that repeat at two incommensurate intervals.

They are also plainly incommensurate with the scale of the overall problem.

It was incommensurate with the terrible excitement of which one was talking.

We do not find fault with men for being born in positions that confer powers upon them incommensurate with their rights.

Jack Horner, Esq., put forth some effort; and results and efforts are always more or less incommensurate.

The prince's gratitude seemed to me incommensurate with so small a service, and so I told him.

Tamely to wish a man a safe issue seemed to be a common compliment incommensurate with the occasion; and a bathos.

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