incongruous

In this season of professions of love, I offer mine in a way that may seem incongruous to the sentiment.
This cauliflower hater likes the vegetable one way only: Pickled|Jim Webster|February 3, 2021|Washington Post
That’s even after the 13-member selection committee spent its usual two-day huddle in a North Texas hotel meeting room running the incongruous numbers of a misshapen season.
Alabama, Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State stay at top of College Football Playoff rankings|Chuck Culpepper|December 2, 2020|Washington Post
The incongruous approaches and the lack of national standards have created confusion, conflict and a muddled public health message, likely hampering efforts to stop the spread of the virus.
States With Few Coronavirus Restrictions Are Spreading the Virus Beyond Their Borders|by David Armstrong|December 1, 2020|ProPublica
Fixed working hours and face-time expectations can be incongruous with the demands of their daily lives, so much so that such rigidity can drive women from the work force.
Zurich added 6 words to job listings and saw women’s share of applications—and hires—jump|Claire Zillman, reporter|November 17, 2020|Fortune

I’ve had a difficult time with this incongruous college football season.
Coronavirus has hit the face of college football|Jerry Brewer|October 30, 2020|Washington Post
Incongruously, the sound system in the restaurant serenades diners with classical music.
Become a Fried Seafood Believer at South Beach Market|Jane & Michael Stern|April 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All of which makes Julie Chen an incongruously wonderful, androidesque host for the show.
12 Shows Wrongly Snubbed by the Emmy Awards|Shannon Donnelly|July 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST
And the incongruously bright, cheerful Haitian sky surely is a winning backdrop.
All These Useless Doctors|Kent Sepkowitz|February 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The talk between the three of them remained incongruously upon the surface always.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
At this moment, the sound of voices and the crashing chords of a piano broke in incongruously upon their mood.
The Woman Gives|Owen Johnson
The affairs of life and death mix themselves incongruously enough, in this confused world.
The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird
Instantly, a gillie incongruously in a flower-seller's dress, she was on her feet and walking a little ahead.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions
These incongruously modern structures snuggled right up under the venerable walls of the battlements.
The Glory of The Coming|Irvin S. Cobb

British Dictionary definitions for incongruous

incongruous

incongruent

/ (ɪnˈkɒŋɡrʊəs) /

adjective

(when postpositive, foll by with or to) incompatible with (what is suitable); inappropriate

containing disparate or discordant elements or parts

Derived forms of incongruous

incongruously or incongruently, adverbincongruousness or incongruence, noun

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