incongruousness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incongruousness
Noun
  • Likewise, the airy comedy (boosted by Thomas Newman’s sprightly if familiar-sounding score) insists on the seeming incongruity between the film’s lovely setting and its darker subject matter.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
  • In contemplating the religious system of the Aztecs, one is struck with its apparent incongruity, as if some portion of it had emanated from a comparatively refined people, open to gentle influences, while the rest breathes a spirit of unmitigated ferocity.
    Sebastian Purcell August 18, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For a brand that thrives on success at its home circuit, the performance was another reminder of their ongoing challenges and the inconsistencies in their competitiveness.
    Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Kicking performance leaves more questions The Boise State coaching staff has talked about inconsistencies in the kicking game throughout fall camp, and that was on full display on Friday.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Puberty blockers, which cause no permanent changes, are used to pause irreversible physical changes while families consider what care is appropriate for a child with gender incongruence.
    Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 24 July 2025
  • The Tennessee law, like ones in some 20 other states, prohibits medical providers from prescribing puberty-delaying medication, offering hormone therapy or performing surgery to treat the psychological distress caused by incongruence between experienced gender and that assigned at birth.
    New York Times, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • This often leads to incompatibility between vendors’ equipment, raising integration costs and risking IT and facility lifecycle mismatch.
    Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025
  • This incompatibility often requires significant upgrades, workarounds or custom interfaces that must be designed and built.
    John Clemons, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Incongruousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incongruousness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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