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incongruousness

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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

The boudoir was a large room, repeating on a bigger scale the incongruousness and ill fitting splendor of the others.

From A Sappho of Green Springs by Harte, Bret

"There's an incongruousness in the figure in connection with being obviously in hiding in a lodging-house street."

From Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)