incongruous
Adjective
- lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
- "a plan incongruous with reason"
- "incongruous behavior"
- "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation"
Adj
- Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in.
- Of two numbers, with respect to a third, such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder.
Examples
- 20 and 25 are incongruous with respect to 4.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin incongruus, from in- (“not”) + congruus (“congruent”), equivalent to in- + congruous.
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Scrabble Score: 14
incongruous: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordincongruous: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
incongruous: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 20
incongruous: valid Words With Friends Word