Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; not coherent.
- adjective Unable to think or express one's thoughts in a clear or orderly manner.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In geology, noting textures consisting of loose sediments which have never been cemented.
- Without physical coherence or cohesion; loose; unconnected; not coalescing or uniting.
- Without coherence or agreement; not properly related or coördinated;incongruous; inconsistent; inconsecutive: chiefly used of immaterial things: as, incoherent thoughts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not coherent; wanting cohesion; loose; unconnected; physically disconnected; not fixed to each; -- said of material substances.
- adjective Lacking logical coherence or agreement; incongruous; inconsistent; having no dependence of one part on another; logically disconnected; rambling; -- of speech or discourse.
- adjective Exhibiting incoherent{2} speech or thought; -- of people.
- adjective Lacking harmony or congruity of parts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Lacking
coherence oragreement ;incongruous ;inconsistent ; not logically connected. - adjective Not
physically coherent ;loose ;unconnected .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective without logical or meaningful connection
- adjective (physics) of waves having no stable definite or stable phase relation
- adjective unable to express yourself clearly or fluently
Etymologies
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Examples
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“I don’t know if the term incoherent would apply,” he said.
Lawyer in case of slain children may use defense similar to Yates 2003
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Her inability to communicate a clear, concise message, instead babbling in incoherent broken english, leaves little room for anything other than her inevitable political defeat.
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Son, inconsistent and incoherent is no way to go through life.
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JB has a tiny gun, and it makes him lash out in incoherent and angry ways.
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But I think that it's easily possible that I'm swayed by external inputs in ways that make my beliefs appear incoherent from the outside.
Avoiding Truth, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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JB has a tiny gun, and it makes him lash out in incoherent and angry ways.
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“The caller, in other words, you, is described as incoherent and hysterical.”
Red Wolf Liza Marklund 2010
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“The caller, in other words, you, is described as incoherent and hysterical.”
Red Wolf Liza Marklund 2010
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"My heavenly marster!" shrieked the widow in incoherent wailing.
Winona: A Tale of Negro Life in the South and Southwest Pauline Elizabeth 1902
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So, in short, incoherent, disconnected sentences, this incomprehensible letter began and ended.
A Terrible Secret May Agnes Fleming 1860
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