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as in confusing
not clearly or logically connected
the thriller's incoherent plot left movie audiences wondering who did what
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as in loose
consisting of particles that do not stick together
a driveway covered with incoherent gravel
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Recent Examples of incoherent
The audience follows her perspective across history to show that all of those seemingly incoherent mumblings sprinkled throughout the previous episodes can be strung together to form crucial clues about what comes later in the season.
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Voters took Trump’s own advanced age and increasingly incoherent trail rhetoric in stride.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 6 Nov. 2024
Things quickly get even weirder: Architecture takes on an incoherent quality; a perverse, esoteric logic emerges in the game’s inscrutable puzzles (of which there are many).
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
Handcuffed by officers, she is seen screaming and sounding incoherent.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2024
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Voters took Trump’s own advanced age and increasingly incoherent trail rhetoric in stride.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 6 Nov. 2024
Things quickly get even weirder: Architecture takes on an incoherent quality; a perverse, esoteric logic emerges in the game’s inscrutable puzzles (of which there are many).
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
Handcuffed by officers, she is seen screaming and sounding incoherent.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incoherent
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Coated and plain, light and dark, slim and loose, stretch and rigid— Alberto De Conti, head of Rudolf Hub1922, said there are multiple trends at play.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 7 Jan. 2025
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Just be sure a pack plenty of loose clothing for all the feasting.Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, the Jayhawks have an elite defense and a somewhat inconsistent offense.Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
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In terms of individual markets, and as noted above, China continues to be inconsistent for Hollywood, but even its local titles had issues in 2024.Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
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No one should be too surprised if DJ Uiagalelei and the new-look offense are a bit disjointed in their first game together.Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
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The rattled and disjointed offense never got going as the unit ran out of time to erase a growing deficit.Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 23 Nov. 2024
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Listen to this article Zach LaVine’s teammates are confused.Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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The daughter of Palestinian immigrants to America, Arabella is both confused and demanding.Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
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But the more immediately frustrating part is that the new remote doesn’t have a dedicated button for switching input modes, as previous remotes from LG and countless other remotes do.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
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Managing your feelings in front of your children can be difficult — but taking more control over your feelings in frustrating situations is ultimately rewarding, Barnard College child psychologist Tovah Klein told CNBC Make It last year.Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
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Duran Duran has paid tribute to the late American filmmaker David Lynch, whose brilliant and bizarre films laid the inspirational groundwork for a young Nick Rhodes.Lars Brandle, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2025
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By Judy Berman January 17, 2025 6:00 AM EST The spectacular finale of Severance’s first season introduced a love triangle more bizarre than New Order could ever have imagined.Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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Lies, no matter how absurd, gain traction the more they're repeated.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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In yet another absurd Elon Musk news story, it's been revealed that people are betting on how many times the owner of X will post on his platform in a week.Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 15 Jan. 2025
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Instead of berating yourself for feeling disconnected or struggling to immediately re-engage at full capacity, give yourself permission to ease back into work gradually.Jack Kelly, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Also the way the presenters were, uh, presented, with their backs to most of the audience and trying to read teleprompters, awkwardly in many cases, just felt disconnected and an odd choice that shouldn’t be repeated.Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Incoherent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incoherent. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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