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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Incongruousness (0.01059 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Incongruousness.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: incongruousness incongruousness n : the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate [syn: incongruity] [ant: congruity, congruity]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Incongruousness Incongruous \In*con"gru*ous\, a. [L. incongruus. See In- not, and Congruous.] Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior, action, dress, etc. “Incongruous mixtures of opinions.” --I. Taylor. “Made up of incongruous parts.” --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or suitableness of which the taste and experience of men takes cognizance. --C. J. Smith. [1913 Webster] Incongruous numbers (Arith.), two numbers, which, with respect to a third, are such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder, the two numbers being said to be incongruous with respect to the third; as, twenty and twenty-five are incongruous with respect to four. Syn: Inconsistent; unsuitable; inharmonious; disagreeing; absurd; inappropriate; unfit; improper. See Inconsistent. -- In*con"gru*ous*ly, adv. -- In*con"gru*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

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