incoherence
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koʊˈhɪər noun
1.
the quality or state of being incoherent.
2.
something incoherent; an incoherent statement, article, speech, etc.
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incoherent (ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | lacking in clarity or organization; disordered |
| 2. | unable to express oneself clearly; inarticulate |
| 3. | physics (of two or more waves) having the same frequency but not the same phase: incoherent light |
| inco'herence | |
| —n | |
| inco'herency | |
| —n | |
| inco'herentness | |
| —n | |
| inco'herently | |
| —adv | |
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Incoherence
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
incoherence
1610s, formed from in- "not" + coherence on model of It. incoerenza.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Cheeks start to get ruddy, and acceptance speeches stumble into incoherence.
At first glance, she seems guilty of ideological incoherence.
Where murk obscures the world, the problem is insufficient information, not underlying incoherence.
But disarray among top personnel is almost always a sign of a larger incoherence.
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