incongruous
Example Sentences
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We raise these concerns at a time when investor reactions often seem incongruous with reality.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
It seems completely incongruous a club the size of Rangers, its life spent under a gigantic microscope, could possibly move quietly into contention, but that's the reality.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
Meanwhile, by the late 1960s, his artist friends had embraced the Anti-Form movement, in which cheap and often unattractive materials were brought together in incongruous combinations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
“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
My mother will turn up on their doorsteps, wearing slacks, carrying a bouquet of weeds, incongruous.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing incongruous
Grade 10, List 2
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