incongruousness

noun

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as in incongruity

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  1. incongruity
  2. inconsistency
  3. incongruence
  4. incompatibility
Noun
  • But that incongruity becomes part of The Monkey’s strange sense of humor.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
  • To me, their beauty derives in part from their incongruity with the sky’s naturally occurring features.
    — Kate Folk, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
Definition of incongruity
Noun
  • Leclerc was confident of winning the pole position after FP2, but the situation shifted on Saturday due to an alleged inconsistency in the SF-25's performance.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The study identified widespread issues in nearly every response, such as inconsistencies in medical events, flawed reasoning and chronological errors.
    — Olga Megorskaya, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of inconsistency
Noun
  • Through a playful yet serious, if not tragic, way of narrating society and its incongruences, Birgit Jürgenssen and Cinzia Ruggeri reflect on clothes and accessories as a way to express identity but also as a tool to analyze the societal and physical spaces occupied by women.
    — PhotoVogue, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2025
  • These included, but were not limited to: Gender incongruence.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Definition of incongruence
Noun
  • There’s also the issue known as compatibility, where many drivers are finding their batteries are not being charged because of technical incompatibility between their vehicles and some public charging stations.
    — Ed Garsten, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • When every part of the company works off the same platform, rolling out changes becomes much simpler as there’s no need to worry about incompatibility.
    — Maksym Kryvoshlyk, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of incompatibility
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“Incongruousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incongruousness. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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