incongruous
adjective
out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming.
incongruousness
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a word derived from
incongruous.
Example Sentences
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“It’s this incongruousness of an 85-year-old Jewish grandmother who is speaking truth to power.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2020
And predictably, the media narratives around the women in these stories hinges on the incongruousness of it all.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2018
It’s precisely that incongruousness, combined with Samberg’s genuine musical abilities, that makes him such an inspired choice in the role.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2016
Yet it somehow jarred upon her nerves with its complacency and its utter incongruousness to her feelings.
From Tales of Trail and Town by Bret Harte
It was the more crushing that there also seemed to be in this haughty woman the same incongruousness and sharp contrast to the plain and homely surroundings of the cottage that she remembered in HIM.
From Sally Dows by Bret Harte
