incommensurate

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“India’s defense modernization over this period has been directionally correct, but at a pace and level of effort that is incommensurate with its threat environment.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

The two surfaces should be incommensurate, which means the potential 'hills' in the molecular structure of one surface should not fit to the potential 'wells' of the other surface.

From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024

Despite the complexity of these latter ideas, her use of diagrams and figures helps to reinforce their approachability—although in some cases their incommensurate simplicity feels unsatisfying.

From Scientific American • Jun. 20, 2023

The Chinese government took one of three seats on the subsidiary’s board, wielding a level of influence incommensurate with its nominal stake.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2022

Their shyness and politeness, when the occasion was quite simple, were absurdly incommensurate even with modesty.

From London River by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)