incongruent
adjective
in·con·gru·ent
ˌin-kən-ˈgrü-ənt 
(ˌ)in-ˈkäŋ-grə-wənt
: not congruent
incongruent triangles
incongruently
adverb
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His recent comments are incongruent with his reaction that night.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Dec. 2025
All of these actions have been taken under the flimsiest of pretexts and are incongruent with the law.
—Kica Matos, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
Based on the 2023 video game, an unnamed protagonist (Kazunari Ninomiya) gets trapped in an endlessly repeating patch of a subway station hallway, only able to get closer to an exit by identifying bizarre and incongruent aberrations in his environment.
—William Earl, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Teams don't choose to distrust incongruent leaders; their nervous systems make that choice for them.
—Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Dec. 2025
All of these actions have been taken under the flimsiest of pretexts and are incongruent with the law.
—Kica Matos, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
Based on the 2023 video game, an unnamed protagonist (Kazunari Ninomiya) gets trapped in an endlessly repeating patch of a subway station hallway, only able to get closer to an exit by identifying bizarre and incongruent aberrations in his environment.
—William Earl, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Teams don't choose to distrust incongruent leaders; their nervous systems make that choice for them.
—Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for incongruent
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“Incongruent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incongruent. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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