incongruent

English

Etymology

in- +‎ congruent

Adjective

incongruent (comparative more incongruent, superlative most incongruent)

  1. out of place, incompatible, inharmonious, not congruent
    The yellow blazer was incongruent for the funeral.
    Her knowledge of world politics was incongruent in someone so young.
  2. (mathematics) of or relating to two numbers that have different remainders when divided by a third number

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Dutch

Etymology

From in- +‎ congruent.

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Adjective

incongruent (comparative incongruenter, superlative incongruentst)

  1. incongruent, incompatible, not in agreement

Inflection
Inflection of incongruent
uninflected incongruent
inflected incongruente
comparative incongruenter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial incongruentincongruenterhet incongruentst
het incongruentste
indefinite m./f. sing. incongruenteincongruentereincongruentste
n. sing. incongruentincongruenterincongruentste
plural incongruenteincongruentereincongruentste
definite incongruenteincongruentereincongruentste
partitive incongruentsincongruenters—

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