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incoherence

[in-koh-heer-uhns, -her-] / ˌɪn koʊˈhɪər əns, -ˈhɛr- /
NOUN
disjointedness
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The first was oracular and inscrutable, a chairman who bragged he had learned to mumble with great incoherence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked Sauer a mix of practical and theoretical questions that revealed the incoherence of his position.

From Slate Apr. 1, 2026

I won’t spoil all the humorous details, but the intermittent amusement can’t conceal the fundamental incoherence of O’Hara’s project.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2025

Minutes later, the 77-year-old launched into a rant about Master Lock, again slipping into incoherence.

From Salon May 2, 2024

My grandfather, accustomed to the multifarious conjugations of ancient Greek verbs, had found English, for all its incoherence, a relatively simple tongue to master.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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