incongruent.
Out of place, incompatible, inharmonious, not congruent.
Meaning & usage
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.
Of or relating to two numbers that have different remainders when divided by a third number
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English congruent English incongruent From in- + congruent.
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