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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Incongruous \In*con"gru*ous\, a. [L. incongruus. See {In-} not and {Congruous}.] Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper; as an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior, action dress, etc ``Incongruous mixtures of opinions.'' --I. Taylor. ``Made up of incongruous parts.'' --Macaulay. Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or suitableness of which the taste and experience of men takes cognizance. --C. J. Smith. {Incongruous numbers} (Arith.), two numbers, which with respect to a third are such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder, the two numbers being said to be incongruous with respect to the third as twenty-five are incongruous with respect to four Syn: Inconsistent; unsuitable; inharmonious; disagreeing; absurd; inappropriate; unfit; improper. See {Inconsistent}. -- {In*con"gru*ous*ly}, adv -- {In*con"gru*ous*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: incongruous adj 1: lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness; "a plan incongruous with reason"; "incongruous behavior"; "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation" [ant: {congruous}] 2: inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman [syn: {absurd}, {unreasonable}]
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