incongruousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for incongruousness
Noun
  • Already concerned about the incongruity of having a comic yukking it up with what was happening with the AP and other outlets, the WHCA scrapped her.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Kirby’s incongruity is terrifying, so said someone much wiser than me.
    Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • The Jane Doe went on to voluntarily dismiss her entire complaint against Carter and Combs with prejudice — meaning it can’t be filed again — on Feb. 14 after admitting there were inconsistencies in her story.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2025
  • To me, this highlights a glaring inconsistency in evangelical thought.
    Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Often, what looks like a team issue is a mirror of your own incongruence.
    Carlos Hoyos, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • The incongruence between attacking the President for imposing new costs on small businesses through tariffs while also supporting state legislation to impose new costs on small businesses will be a politically inconvenient fact for Governor Pritzker to explain.
    Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • For cats specifically, additional reasons included family members having allergies; issues with house soiling; and incompatibility with other pets.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
  • This is despite challenges such as limited scalability, security vulnerabilities, high maintenance costs and incompatibility with modern technologies.
    Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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“Incongruousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incongruousness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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