incongruent
English
Etymology
in- + congruent
Adjective
incongruent (comparative more incongruent, superlative most incongruent)
- out of place, incompatible, inharmonious, not congruent
- The yellow blazer was incongruent for the funeral.
- Her knowledge of world politics was incongruent in someone so young.
- (mathematics) of or relating to two numbers that have different remainders when divided by a third number
Synonyms
- incongruous, absurd, inappropriate
See also
- anachronistic
Dutch
Etymology
From in- + congruent.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
incongruent (comparative incongruenter, superlative incongruentst)
- incongruent, incompatible, not in agreement
Inflection
| Inflection of incongruent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | incongruent | |||
| inflected | incongruente | |||
| comparative | incongruenter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | incongruent | incongruenter | het incongruentst het incongruentste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | incongruente | incongruentere | incongruentste |
| n. sing. | incongruent | incongruenter | incongruentste | |
| plural | incongruente | incongruentere | incongruentste | |
| definite | incongruente | incongruentere | incongruentste | |
| partitive | incongruents | incongruenters | — | |
Derived terms
- incongruentie