incongruousness
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in·con·gru·ous
(ĭn-kŏng′gro͞o-əs)adj.
1. Lacking in harmony; incompatible: a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation.
2. Not in agreement, as with principles; inconsistent: a plan incongruous with reason.
3. Not in keeping with what is correct, proper, or logical; inappropriate: incongruous behavior.
[From Latin incongruus : in-, not; see in-1 + congruus, congruous; see congruous.]
in·con′gru·ous·ly adv.
in·con′gru·ous·ness n.
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| Noun | 1. | incongruousness - the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate incompatibility - the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination irony - incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated" |
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عَدَم مُناسَبَه
ósamkvæmni; òaî aî stinga í stúf
nezhoda
incongruous
(iŋˈkoŋgruəs) adjective unsuitable or out of place; odd. Boots would look incongruous with an evening dress.
inconˈgruity, inˈcongruousness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.