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incoherent

[in-koh-heer-uhnt, -her-] / ˌɪn koʊˈhɪər ənt, -ˈhɛr- /


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And these worlds aren’t even real, just ones and zeros merged to form a network of communication that sometimes feels like incoherent gibberish.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

“With very mixed, rambling and often incoherent messages still coming out of Washington, we would suggest that this is still no time for complacency,” First Abu Dhabi Bank analysts said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Cannon’s additional reasons to suppress Volume II—beyond her insistence that Smith had no power to compile or submit it—were characteristically incoherent.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

Daniel and his colleagues examined what happens if only the coherent portion of the exiting light is counted as work, while the incoherent portion is treated as heat.

From Science Daily • Dec. 23, 2025

Someone was wailing and crying, but it wasn’t Lyra; someone else a long way off was shouting, a woman’s voice, incoherent with rage and helplessness.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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