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as in confusing
not clearly or logically connected
the thriller's incoherent plot left movie audiences wondering who did what
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as in loose
consisting of particles that do not stick together
a driveway covered with incoherent gravel
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Recent Examples of incoherent
The justifications for the slaughter which started out so white hot after October 7th have cooled now, become more immaterial and incoherent.
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Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Taken together, the messages are incoherent.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Anyone who properly understands that aesthetic would understand that putting CGI animation on one of these screens is deeply incoherent and immersion breaking.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
His philosophy spirals into madness throughout the film, reduced to brief, sometimes painful and surface level sound bites that eventually devolve into incoherent ramblings.
—Itzel Luna, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Taken together, the messages are incoherent.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Anyone who properly understands that aesthetic would understand that putting CGI animation on one of these screens is deeply incoherent and immersion breaking.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
His philosophy spirals into madness throughout the film, reduced to brief, sometimes painful and surface level sound bites that eventually devolve into incoherent ramblings.
—Itzel Luna, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incoherent
Adjective
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And determining when someone is dead is the critical but confusing question at play.—
Cara Anthony,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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For example, the eye glass space was largely fractured, confusing, and not customer-friendly before Warby Parker entered the scene with exceptional client experience, a focus on customer service and convenience, and a user-friendly product.—
Brandon Aversano,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The attempt was tipped and brought in by Locke, who slipped loose into the secondary before taking off for a 64-yard touchdown reception.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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These are organized into geologic map units, which range in composition from loose sand and gravel to very old bedrock.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Oliver Glasner cannot be accused of giving out inconsistent messages.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Our political campaign system is disjointed and complex, and our government is a behemoth filled with thousands of actors and arcane processes.—
Andrew Frank,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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These particles and forces may look very disjointed, but there are relationships between them that are extremely powerful.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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An increasing number of boys are lonely, isolated and confused, wrestling with the aftermath of the #MeToo movement and the expectations of rigid masculinity, which has been widely characterized as toxic.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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The young men in Bruins blue and gold staggering off the field afterwards dazed, confused.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Before last season, his latent talent was obvious, but a frustrating lack of consistency meant the 28-year-old was never — until now — even included in the 30-man shortlist for the award.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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More frustrating still is when the shoe is on the other foot.—
Bruce Tulgan,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But everything changes when a string of gruesome killings—which grow increasingly bizarre, with victims covered in rashes and found in deranged, violent states—involves his young daughter Hyo-jin (Kim Hwan-hee).—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Paxton’s interest in Paul’s plight was bizarre, obsessive and so far beyond normal operations at the attorney general’s office that the agency’s top officials struggled to convey their concerns during the hourslong meeting with two FBI agents.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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There’s no denying that catfish noodling is an absurd sport.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
11 Sep. 2025
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Barely any other media in recent times has given me an instant shock of glee or revulsion like this absurd anarcho-cartoon being stretched and squeezed to its most grotesque and wholesome clickbait limits.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Incoherent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incoherent. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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