incongruous
adjective/ɪnˈkɒŋɡruəs/
/ɪnˈkɑːŋɡruəs/
- strange, and not suitable in a particular situation synonym inappropriate
- Such traditional methods seem incongruous in our technical age.
- The two of them made an incongruous couple.
- a collage of seemingly incongruous images
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin incongruus (from in- ‘not’ + congruus ‘agreeing, suitable’, from the verb congruere) + -ous.Definitions on the go
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