incommensurate

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

/ ˌɪn kəˈmɛn sər ɪt, -ʃər- /

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adjective

not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.

incommensurable.

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Origin of incommensurate

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

OTHER WORDS FROM incommensurate

in·com·men·su·rate·ly, adverbin·com·men·su·rate·ness, noun

Words nearby incommensurate

income statement, income support, income tax, incoming, incommensurable, incommensurate, in commission, incommode, incommodious, incommodity, in common

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How to use incommensurate in a sentence

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.
What Impossible Meant to Richard Feynman - Issue 108: Change|Paul J. Steinhardt|November 24, 2021|Nautilus
They are also plainly incommensurate with the scale of the overall problem.
Art has been brutalized by tech’s giants. How can it survive?|Konstantin Kakaes|December 23, 2020|MIT Technology Review
It was incommensurate with the terrible excitement of which one was talking.
Orthodoxy|G. K. Chesterton
We do not find fault with men for being born in positions that confer powers upon them incommensurate with their rights.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 78, April, 1864|Various

Jack Horner, Esq., put forth some effort; and results and efforts are always more or less incommensurate.
Human Nature and Conduct|John Dewey
The prince's gratitude seemed to me incommensurate with so small a service, and so I told him.
The Rose of Old St. Louis|Mary Dillon
Tamely to wish a man a safe issue seemed to be a common compliment incommensurate with the occasion; and a bathos.
The Castle Inn|Stanley John Weyman

British Dictionary definitions for incommensurate

incommensurate

/ (ˌɪnkəˈmɛnʃərɪt) /

adjective

(when postpositive, often foll by with) not commensurate; disproportionate

incommensurable

Derived forms of incommensurate

incommensurately, adverbincommensurateness, noun

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