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incongruent

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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

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

Memories of more convivial press encounters were never more incongruent.

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

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

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

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

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

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