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Recent Examples of incongruous The property is sprawling and gerrymandered, carved into incongruous shapes by apartment complexes and single-family homes. Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Feb. 2025 There’s an enormous, juicy, somewhat incongruous burger that does a very solid job of being an enormous, juicy burger. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2025 The buildings are beautiful and tranquil but fundamentally incongruous (modern architecture mixed with bits of decaying monasteries, gathered from meadows in Catalonia and France). Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025 That seemed as incongruous a combination as a nightingale harmonizing with an alley cat. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for incongruous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incongruous
Adjective
  • Mickey Rourke was removed from the Celebrity Big Brother UK house after further usage of inappropriate language.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Lewin has insisted there was nothing inappropriate about this visit.
    Nick Tabor, Curbed, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Busch's team, Richard Childress Racing, has also struggled with inconsistent finishes, leading many to speculate that the NASCAR veteran has been considering retirement.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
  • His current form may be inconsistent at best, but Finau believes the best results of his career are still ahead of him.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • If the new wells prove unsuitable for city use, the city has a contingency plan designed for rehabilitation.
    Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Until now, scientists have generally thought that planets orbiting white dwarfs would be unsuitable for life because the dynamic temperature decrease of their dead parent star makes their atmospheres too unstable.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • That gross number ignores the economic impact of tariffs and glosses over Trump’s conflicting goals.
    Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • There are conflicting reports about the influencer's background in golf.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Instances of fraud and other types of improper payments at SSA—particularly in the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance program—are modest compared with other federal agencies, per a Government Accountability Office report.
    Doug Criscitello, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The Pakistani-Indian restaurant was issued a yellow placard for storing spoiled food and keeping food in improper containers.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The Times' then-editorial page editor, James Bennet, who had inserted the incorrect claims into the passage, wrote an apology that was posted to the opinion section's social media account.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Specifically, the extension payment date for taxpayers who log into the IRS website is incorrect.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • His interrogator conceded that the police must have gotten the wrong guy and released him within weeks.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Five justices said the lawsuit was brought in the wrong venue.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite his close relationship with Trump, Elon Musk is unhappy about tariffs, which stand to hurt the business empire of the world’s richest man.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • There have even been reports of police being called to deal with the rowdy behavior, not to mention some theater employees who are unhappy about the cleanup required.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Incongruous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incongruous. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

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