anomalousness

noun

as in incompatibility

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  1. incompatibility
  2. dichotomy
  3. incongruity
  4. incongruence
  5. variance
  6. nonconformity
  7. variability
  8. inequality
Noun
  • Connecting people with clinical trials is complicated — even if people identify a promising match, there’s a slew of potentially thorny factors, including geographic incompatibility, and financial and time considerations.
    — Michelle Andrews, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Connecting people with clinical trials is complicated – even if people identify a promising match, there’s a slew of potentially thorny factors, including geographic incompatibility, and financial and time considerations.
    — Michelle Andrews, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of incompatibility
Noun
  • The mitigation-versus-adaptation split characterizes a lot of climate action, but few people outside of those actively working on climate change think of this dichotomy.
    — Jamil Wyne, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Farnaby’s work on projects like Paddington 2, Wonka and Ghosts well captures these kinds of dichotomies.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of dichotomy
Noun
  • The passing of 30 years has only enhanced the appeal of the group’s Nashville detour, shifting attention from the incongruity of Ween cutting a country record to the joyous chemistry between these old pros and young punks.
    — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Irony involves incongruity, while tragicomedy is about possible congruity—not mutual erasure but the capacity for the tragic and comic to coexist.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
Definition of incongruity
Noun
  • The more senior the team, the more costly this incongruence becomes, because symbolic behavior travels quickly through the organization.
    — Britton Bloch, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Such incongruence between actions and intentions can also bring about feelings of guilt.
    — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of incongruence
Noun
  • In other states, a patchwork of AI approaches has emerged, with variance from one school district to another.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The project needs Naperville City Council approval because of code variances requested for density, height and signage.
    — Marie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of variance
Noun
  • How much, if at all, gender nonconformity was accepted, is not directly evident.
    — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
  • In that movie, Keating taught English and poetry, so his open mind and nonconformity worked.
    — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
Definition of nonconformity
Noun
  • The University of California recently held workshops on how to grow grape and nut crops during extreme weather, heat, drought, pest issues and greater climate variability.
    — Jonathan Destler, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The research relies on records of past temperature variability gleaned from living and ancient fossil corals in the Galápagos Islands.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of variability
Noun
  • Amodei called out fellow tech leaders who have grown increasingly skeptical of philanthropy, arguing that wealthy individuals have a responsibility to help address the inequality that AI could exacerbate.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Extreme inequality is commonplace, so why do people accept it?
    — Jen Cole Wright, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of inequality
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