Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being incongruous, inharmonious, or inappropriate.
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- noun
Incongruity .
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- noun the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
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Examples
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The incongruousness of (3) lends credence to (1) and (2).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Cross Memorials on Government Land 2010
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The incongruousness of (3) lends credence to (1) and (2).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Cross Memorials on Government Land 2010
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This explains the incongruousness of the emotionally un-scary music against the scarified images.
Mark Penn's Earlier Version Of 3 A.M. Ad Was Negative Direct Hit On Obama 2009
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The following paragraphs develop this point, both by expressing the socio-political elements of Chambliss 'incongruousness and by suggesting how to develop these incongruities in the field.
Georgia Needs a Nice Nerd December 2--A Post-Veteran's Day Meditation 2008
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It enjoins its members to apply their own 'spin' in letters to the media, “highlighting the incongruousness of a major opposition party wanting to stay in the EU, whilst rejecting both the Constitution and the euro and then expecting to negotiate with 24 others on the repatriation of our fishing and farming policy”.
Preening? Richard 2004
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Did the incongruousness of these two messages not impress itself upon the producers?
Archive 2002-10-01 John L. Trapp 2002
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Did the incongruousness of these two messages not impress itself upon the producers?
BIRDS ETCETERA—Birds, Birding, Birders, and Birdwatching John L. Trapp 2002
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By this time their guide had completely forgotten about the incongruousness of finding a ventriloquist's dummy at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, and his inquiry was not repeated.
Jed the Dead Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997
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Maura, seeing in her mind's eye the incongruousness of the situation, started to laugh.
Dangerous Lady Cole, Martina 1992
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It was only after he had sent off Madame's man-of-all-work with it that the incongruousness of challenging so old a man struck him.
The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette William Douw Lighthall
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