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as in inappropriate
not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation
there's an incongruous modernism to the actor's performance in this period piece
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as in inconsistent
not being in agreement or harmony
incongruous theories about the origins of matter
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Recent Examples of incongruous
Cogan, Wells, and Vaughan do an effective job of capturing how cozy and provincial Pip’s hometown of Little Kilton is — a place where a murder seems as incongruous as the idea of Pip herself investigating it.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2024
Yet if Derulo’s grandstanding was somewhat incongruous with the thorny tech debates that followed, few could begrudge Armenia for relishing its moment in the spotlight.
—Charlie Campbell / Yerevan, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024
There’s much that’s dainty and twee, but there’s also much that’s clunky, surprising, incongruous, and spot-on.
—Diedrich Diederichsen, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, the new industrial policy was sending billions in tax credits and grants to big US companies, which was a bit incongruous.
—Andrew Prokop, Vox, 15 Oct. 2024
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2024
Yet if Derulo’s grandstanding was somewhat incongruous with the thorny tech debates that followed, few could begrudge Armenia for relishing its moment in the spotlight.
—Charlie Campbell / Yerevan, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024
There’s much that’s dainty and twee, but there’s also much that’s clunky, surprising, incongruous, and spot-on.
—Diedrich Diederichsen, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, the new industrial policy was sending billions in tax credits and grants to big US companies, which was a bit incongruous.
—Andrew Prokop, Vox, 15 Oct. 2024
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The defense also highlighted that specific allegations about inappropriate touching weren’t made until late November 2019 during the investigation.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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He was later caught sending inappropriate photos to a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina and eventually sentenced to around a year and a half behind bars for the incident.Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Gruden won a Super Bowl against his former Raiders squad in his first year in Tampa, but the rest of his tenure was wildly inconsistent.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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True, Anthony Richardson is wildly inconsistent but he’s got the big arm to burn the Broncos deep as Jameis Winston did before Denver’s bye.Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Human services settings can suffer tremendously from unsuitable employees, who may jeopardize the health, safety or dignity of those in their care.Debra Rinell, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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That alone makes rainbow eucalyptus unsuitable for most yards, but this Southeast Asia native is also an invasive pest in the southernmost portions of the U.S. To avoid issues, some people are growing rainbow eucalyptus indoors.Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
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While states do have laws of their own regarding the use of drones, the FAA's regulations tend to reign supreme and may even supersede any other conflicting rules.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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However, unlike Belichick’s situation, there are some conflicting reports going on.Scott Thompson, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Notably, the inspector general's review said there was no evidence that the investigations were influenced by politics or other improper considerations.Robert Legare, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
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The final ingredient of the DOGE cocktail is the potential improper conduct of the entity itself.Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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But the chances of an offer shared with applicants interested in NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies and Millennium High School were incorrect due to an error in the programs’ seat availability.Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
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But an incorrect response loses any points the team might’ve already gained from this clue, and another team is allowed to steal.Devon Ivie, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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In the second column, list what feels wrong about the feedback.Melody Wilding, Contributor, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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The first was a clever dink over Dean Henderson, the second was struck cleanly across the goalkeeper, and Jesus then sent him the wrong way after running half the length of the pitch for the third.Art de Roché, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Some artists and publishers are unhappy with the way their content is being scraped freely by companies like OpenAI and Google to train their large language models — AI models trained on huge quantities of data to generate humanlike responses.Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
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Cronin — who had to cancel some summer shows this year due to unspecified health issues — further acknowledges that there’s acrimony between he and Hall, and he’s been unhappy with some of the social media discourse blaming him for the end of the REO Speedwagon name.Gary Graff, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Incongruous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incongruous. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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