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incommensurate

adj

Etymology

From in- + commensurate.

  1. derived from mēnsūra
  2. borrowed from commēnsūrātus
  3. prefixed as incommensurate — “in + commensurate”

Definitions

  1. Out of proportion (in size, degree or extent) with something else.

    • In the marriage of Inanna and Dumuzi we saw a commensurate relationship between the two, a marriage of Heaven and earth, but now in the fall of Inanna into hell, the relationship becomes incommensurate.

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