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as in confusing
not clearly or logically connected
the thriller's incoherent plot left movie audiences wondering who did what
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as in loose
consisting of particles that do not stick together
a driveway covered with incoherent gravel
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Recent Examples of incoherent
The former never caught on with audiences, who found its story incoherent, while the latter, a road trip movie starring Richard Farnsworth, was better-received critically but also failed financially, despite landing its lead an Oscar nomination.
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Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
The legacy media refused to credit his record for boosting the middle class, choosing instead to harp about Biden’s age and ignore Trump’s incoherent, increasingly violent rhetoric.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
Rodriguez denied being under the influence of drugs, according to WPLG, although police reportedly alleged that a witness said the mother appeared incoherent.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
All Your Faces > Sing Sing Jeanne Herry observes contrition among society’s criminals and their victims, a deeper dive than the incoherent sentimentality of Greg Kwedar’s incarceral black-Latino pity party.
—Armond White, National Review, 8 Jan. 2025
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Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
The legacy media refused to credit his record for boosting the middle class, choosing instead to harp about Biden’s age and ignore Trump’s incoherent, increasingly violent rhetoric.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
Rodriguez denied being under the influence of drugs, according to WPLG, although police reportedly alleged that a witness said the mother appeared incoherent.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
All Your Faces > Sing Sing Jeanne Herry observes contrition among society’s criminals and their victims, a deeper dive than the incoherent sentimentality of Greg Kwedar’s incarceral black-Latino pity party.
—Armond White, National Review, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incoherent
Adjective
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Eventually, Payne learned to lean into the loose, cheeky, respectfully rowdy aura One Direction cultivated during their peak years.—
Federico Fahsbender,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
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Charters for hire operate under looser FAR Part 135 rules.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
11 Feb. 2025
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Especially if his team is still so maddeningly inconsistent.—
Arthur Staple,
The Athletic,
8 Feb. 2025
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Although Mitchell's overall output has been inconsistent in recent seasons, his defensive versatility has remained a major strength.—
Nathan Kamal,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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There has been ongoing discussion over the past few months about Trump's answers to questions and disjointed speeches.—
Marco Rubio,
Newsweek,
2 Nov. 2024
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The book is a disjointed, experimental compilation of an unnamed man’s variegated erotic fantasies.—
Victoria Uren,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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From there, the show spun outward, presenting a whole cast of shadowy doubles and mysteriously cosmic back doors—during which distance grew between us, the confused audience, and Laura’s death, which had kicked off the entire franchise.—
K. Austin Collins,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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The bride was confused at this, and even more taken back by her hostility.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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Just frustrating to continue to lump on monthly payments.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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After a frustrating 2023-24 season cut short by injury, LaVine has returned to the most lethal version of himself on offense while providing stalwart defensive effort as the Bulls cornerstone.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2025
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The bizarre clip, reportedly shot with an iPhone, featured West in a dentist’s chair asking people to go to the website.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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Certainly, the eccentric characters and bizarre situations in his novels reflect a hallucinatory vision.—
Tom Vitale,
NPR,
9 Feb. 2025
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This gorgeous film’s premise is a simple, humanist, and not particularly dramatic one, of the type that the Italian neorealists treasured, but it’s been given an absurd, comic-romantic spin.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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These absurd names and acronyms speak to both the cult-y side of the Eagans and to the ways that corporations keep trying to reinvent things, words included, that worked just fine as is.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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That positive recognition is the carrot perpetually in arm’s reach, the thing that will finally make up for a lifetime of feeling disconnected.—
Allie Volpe,
Vox,
5 Feb. 2025
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Shares in Netflix have surged almost 80% over the past year, with much of the skepticism that exists around the company’s outlook centering on a valuation that some believe has gotten disconnected from its fundamentals.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Incoherent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incoherent. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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