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
Hirers across industries describe a recurring scenario: A candidate in their 20s or early 30s applies for a position and requests compensation and benefits incommensurate with experience.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
But at present the results that they have achieved, even upon their own showing and apart from all criticism of methods, seem quite incommensurate with the amount of trouble and pain.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914 by Various
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