Incongruous

Definition of Incongruous

In`con´gru`ous

a.

1.

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 denotes that kind of absence of harmony or suitableness of which the taste and experience of men takes cognizance.

- C. J. Smith.

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.

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