Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incongruent

/ɪnˈkɒn.ɡɹu.ənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables: in-con-gru-ent
IPA: /ɪnˈkɒn.ɡɹu.ənt/

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Out of place, incompatible, inharmonious, not congruent.

adj

Of or relating to two numbers that have different remainders when divided by a third number

Example Sentences

"The yellow blazer was incongruent for the funeral."
"Her knowledge of world politics was incongruent in someone so young."
"And like so many robots, they’re an incongruent mashup of terrifying and cute. Aww, look at those guys. Also, runnnnn!"
"Gender ideology is the theory that […] human individuals are properly described in terms of an “internal sense of gender” called “gender identity” that may be incongruent with their “sex assigned at birth.”"

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more incongruent (comparative) most incongruent (superlative)

Derived Forms

incongruently

Frequently Paired Words

anachronistic

Synonyms

incongruous absurd inappropriate

Questions

How do you pronounce incongruent?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈkɒn.ɡɹu.ənt/.
What does incongruent mean?: Out of place, incompatible, inharmonious, not congruent.
Where does incongruent come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English congruent English incongruent From in- + congruent.

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