Explore Incongruous through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like ironical or ironic. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Incongruous meaning
- Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in.
- Of two numbers, with respect to a third, such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder.
Synonyms of Incongruous
Using Incongruous
- The main meaning on this page is: Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in. | Of two numbers, with respect to a third, such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder.
- Useful related words include: discrepant, ironical, ironic, inharmonious.
- In the example corpus, incongruous often appears in combinations such as: incongruous with, an incongruous, and incongruous.
Context around Incongruous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Incongruous
- In this selection, "incongruous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, felt, seems, seemed, impact, location and person stand out and add context to how "incongruous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include always seemed incongruous in an and at the incongruous reality where. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "incongruous" sits close to words such as abenaki, adria and afn, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with incongruous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Wottle’s presence among these elite athletes is incongruous. (9 words)
So I claim the 5% number is incongruous with my observations. (11 words)
Officers also said the trailer has an “incongruous impact” on West Mersea Conservation Area. (14 words)
Thankfully, we’re seeing increasing effort being put into raising awareness about mental illness and seeking treatment: a push which seems incongruous with headlines such as 'patients helped off antidepressants in drive to avoid US-style opioid crisis'. (38 words)
Nigerians have been held in suspended animation at the incongruous reality where a legally competent board has to wait on the sidelines as the minister plays corporate games and the presidency seems to be nonchalant. (35 words)
Everything about Ellis’s Excellent Show dials up the silly and incongruous to 11, as the Manchester man tries on as many comedy styles as can be crammed into a fringe hour. (32 words)
Incongruous person sporting dark clothes, clenched teeth and sensible scarf, carrying notebook and noise-cancelling headphones? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
An officer report on the plans was broadly in support of the concept but described the location as ‘cramped and incongruous’.
Everything about Ellis’s Excellent Show dials up the silly and incongruous to 11, as the Manchester man tries on as many comedy styles as can be crammed into a fringe hour.
He wasn't devoid of any human qualities, nor was he so human that his mass murder felt incongruous.
Officers also said the trailer has an “incongruous impact” on West Mersea Conservation Area.
Thankfully, we’re seeing increasing effort being put into raising awareness about mental illness and seeking treatment: a push which seems incongruous with headlines such as 'patients helped off antidepressants in drive to avoid US-style opioid crisis'.
They sounded like truck engines and revved like truck engines, which always seemed incongruous in an alleged sporty car.
His life so far has been incongruous with that which we see on the footage.
So I claim the 5% number is incongruous with my observations.
The notice states that the structure is 'overly dominant' and 'incongruous' and with an 'unsympathetic design'.
The results for the 2022 Assembly polls, which were the first elections fought by the BJP and Akali Dal separately, make this enthusiasm seem incongruous.
All the better when I stumble across a place I never knew existed in an incongruous location.
Wottle’s presence among these elite athletes is incongruous.
During that same interview interview, he also said, "Maybe the gays were made to order to by God also or their God would be incongruous.
Incongruous person sporting dark clothes, clenched teeth and sensible scarf, carrying notebook and noise-cancelling headphones?
It all seems rather incongruous with the name David Jones, the maverick retailer who opened his first store in Sydney on May 24, 1838.
It also had a rock soundtrack that fit the way the trailer was cut, but was incongruous with the nature of the crimes.
It’s an incongruous plan given teachers and students are too stretched and not getting enough time to delve deeply into subjects.
Nigerians have been held in suspended animation at the incongruous reality where a legally competent board has to wait on the sidelines as the minister plays corporate games and the presidency seems to be nonchalant.
The incongruous relationship between Chile flop Alexis Sanchez’s wages and his performances on the park are a major talking point at United.
The president’s attacks are the latest in a nearly yearlong assault on Mr. Powell and the Fed, but their timing is incongruous.
Common combinations with incongruous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- incongruous with 8×
- an incongruous 4×
- and incongruous 3×
- is incongruous 3×
- the incongruous 3×
- seemed incongruous 2×
- seem incongruous 2×
- be incongruous 2×
- rather incongruous 2×