incongruous
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incongruous
- /ɪnˈkɒn.ɡɹʊu.ʌs/ UK
- /ɪnˈkɒŋ.ɹʊu.ʌs/ UK
- /ɪnˈkɑn.ɡɹu.əs/ US
- /ɪŋˈkɑŋ.ɡɹu.əs/ US
Where it comes from
From Latin incongruus, from in- (“not”) + congruus (“congruent”), equivalent to in- + congruous.
adjective more incongruous · most incongruous
- Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in. [P]erhaps he thought me, with my basket of summer fruit, and my lack of the dignity age confers, an incongruous figure in such a scene.
- Of two numbers, with respect to a third, such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder. 20 and 25 are incongruous with respect to 4.
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