incongruent

[ in-kong-groo-uhnt, in-kuhn-groo-, -kuhng- ]

adjective

1. not accordant or in agreement; incongruous:

   All the horrible things she said about him turned out to be incongruent with the man we came to know and trust.

   Synonyms: discordant, inharmonious

   Antonyms: consonant

2. Chemistry. (of a substance or compound) undergoing a change or changes in composition when undergoing a reaction, as with incongruent melting.

Other Words From

• in·con·gru·ence noun
• in·con·gru·ent·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of incongruent¹

First recorded in 1525–35; from Latin incongruent- (stem of incongruēns ) “inconsistent”; in- ³, congruent

Example Sentences

They are “simply a pause button,” says Ladinsky, to stop the continued development of a puberty incongruent with a child’s gender identity.

From Time

That’s what you’re doing now, writing all this down, even the parts of your life that seem tedious, incongruent, even humiliating.

From Outside Online

While we speak, I look for things like rapid or disorganized speech, somewhat incongruent facial expressions, or even recurrent ideas that might help me guage their mind’s function.

From Time

It recognizes that dispersal is a strategy for resilience, but need not be permanent, or incongruent with the virtues of compact development.

From Nautilus

Memories of more convivial press encounters were never more incongruent.

From The Daily Beast

The description of Ehrenberg—as is very often the case—is quite incongruent with his figure.

From Project Gutenberg

Thrse with her pretty Creole tact was not long in bringing these seemingly incongruent elements into some degree of harmony.

From Project Gutenberg

Perhaps in some context, the word part is incongruent with this notion that there is only wholeness.

From Project Gutenberg

There was the picture that she was unable to begin; it floated through her brain, elusive and incongruent.

From Project Gutenberg

This was usually done by use of brute force coated with a thin layer of incongruent ideology.

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