incongruent

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English

Etymology

in- +‎ congruent

Adjective

incongruent (comparative more incongruent, superlative most incongruent)

  1. 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.
  2. (mathematics) of or relating to two numbers that have different remainders when divided by a third number

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Dutch

Etymology

From in- +‎ congruent.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

incongruent (comparative incongruenter, superlative incongruentst)

  1. 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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incongruens or Italian incongruente. Equivalent to in- +‎ congruent.

Adjective

incongruent m or n (feminine singular incongruentă, masculine plural incongruenți, feminine and neuter plural incongruente)

  1. inconsistent

Declension