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Definition of incoherent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

incoherent

adjective
 
/ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərənt/
 
/ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪrənt/,
 
/ˌɪnkəʊˈherənt/
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  1. (of people) unable to express yourself clearly, often because of emotion
    • She broke off, incoherent with anger.
    opposite coherent
  2. (of sounds) not clear and hard to understand synonym unintelligible
    • Rachel whispered something incoherent.
  3. not logical or well organized
    • an incoherent policy
    • The present, incoherent system does need reform.
    • The theory was outdated and incoherent.
    opposite coherent
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