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incommensurate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables
in-com-men-su-rate
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Out of proportion (in size, degree or extent) with something else.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English commensurate English incommensurate From in- + commensurate.

Inflected Forms

more incommensurate (comparative) most incommensurate (superlative)

Derived Forms

incommensurately incommensurateness

Antonyms

commensurate

Questions

What does incommensurate mean?
Out of proportion (in size, degree or extent) with something else.
Where does incommensurate come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English commensurate English incommensurate From in- + commensurate.

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