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INCONGRUOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
Example:
a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation
Classified under:
Similar:
discrepant; inconsistent (not in agreement)
inappropriate; incompatible; out or keeping; unfitting (not in keeping with what is correct or proper)
inharmonious (lacking in harmony of parts)
ironic; ironical (characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is)
Antonym:
congruous (corresponding in character or kind)
Derivation:
incongruity; incongruousness (the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate)
