incoordinate
Americanadjective
adjective
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not coordinate; unequal in rank, order, or importance
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uncoordinated
Etymology
Origin of incoordinate
First recorded in 1885–90; in- 3 + coordinate
Example Sentences
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Mumbling movements of the lips, a slightly incoordinate swaying of the body, might speak for short periods of more than absent-mindedness.
From Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness by Robert S. Carroll
Albert's spasms were mercifully short, but when the Zark was finished, he lay unconscious on the floor, his body twitching with incoordinate spasms, while a frightened guard called in an alarm to the medics.
From Insidekick by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone
Turner picked up a bottle from the table, and made the same incoordinate pass with it at the captain as he had at me the morning before with his magazine.
From The After House by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Long bamboo poles plied bumping along her gunwale, sticking into the air all about her, many and loose and incoordinate, like the ribs of an unfinished basket.
From Dragon's blood by Henry Milner Rideout
By the time Burns was attempting an incoordinate movement or two, the operation was over and the instruments put out of sight.
From The After House by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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