incongruous

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[ UK /ɪnkˈɒnɡɹuːəs/ ]
[ US /ˌɪŋˈkɔŋɹuəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
    a plan incongruous with reason
    a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation
    incongruous behavior
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How To Use incongruous In A Sentence

  • What wouldn't burn still remained: bare walls muffled with incongruous tapestries, flooring tamped over with carpets.
  • Sometimes, with mechs, a smile could transform the face into something even less human—the expression somehow incongruous on the synthetic lips, a quaint and unsettling party trick, like a dog propped at the dinner table with a fork and spoon. Crashed
  • But judicious," Natalenko squeaked, in the high eunuchoid voice that came so incongruously from his bulk. Lone Star Planet
  • Emma's miniskirt formed an incongruous addition to this parade of shapeless sack dresses, zip off trousers and sandals.
  • It concluded in the somewhat incongruous pair attending the G8 together in June. Times, Sunday Times
  • A camel watched them pass, incongruous and apparently unconcerned. Times, Sunday Times
  • She was small and fragile and looked incongruous in an army uniform.
  • Surely such an incongruous question was never put in an Arab town in the heart of Africa by a sheikh dressed in bernouse and turban, with a jewel-hilted yataghan at his side, sitting cross-legged on a cushion. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War
  • The alluring charm of the FA Cup has always been in its ability to throw up incongruous situations. Times, Sunday Times
  • Emma's miniskirt formed an incongruous addition to this parade of shapeless sack dresses, zip off trousers and sandals.
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