incongruous
adj/ɪnˈkɒn.ɡɹʊu.ʌs/UK/ɪnˈkɑn.ɡɹu.əs/US
Etymology
From Latin incongruus, from in- (“not”) + congruus (“congruent”), equivalent to in- + congruous.
- derived from congruus
Definitions
Not similar or congruent
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.
- Ardent suns had likewise tanned his face till it was swarthy as a Spaniard's. The yellow mustache appeared incongruous in the midst of such swarthiness.
Of two numbers, with respect to a third, such that their difference can not be divided by…
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.
The neighborhood
- synonymincongruitous
- neighborincongruence
- neighborincongruent
- neighborincongruity
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for incongruous. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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