incongruous
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“This is more a reflection of a truly incongruous U.S. stance than infighting in Tehran,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
The talent show seemed a somewhat incongruous place for the list to be read out, given that one of the acts being honoured was the famously gloomy Manchester post-punk band Joy Division.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Trump was barely more measured in a series of interactions with the media in the incongruous setting of an Easter Egg Roll at the White House on Monday.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
“It was OK, but it was incongruous, getting us nowhere, and in the end we had no money, no nothing.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025
But then again, when I think about it, there’s a sense in which that picture of us on that first day, huddled together in front of the farmhouse, isn’t so incongruous after all.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Vocabulary lists containing incongruous
Grade 10, List 2
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