as in incongruity
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Noun
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The incongruity of profit maximization was brought to public attention in the UK recently, as the scale of river pollution from water utility companies becomes ever more apparent.—
Aissa Dearing,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Jan. 2025 -
The incongruity between Buckley’s lapidary political views and his untidy appearance was simply too much for the letter writer to square.—
Andrew Ferguson,
National Review,
19 Dec. 2024
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Whatever the reason, Biden’s inconsistencies on human rights and the rule of law have left these principles vulnerable to further erosion under future presidents and other world leaders.—
Sarah Yager,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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But multiple organizations panned the government’s handling of the election, fully discrediting Maduro’s numbers to the point of finding glaring mathematical inconsistencies in the official results.—
Rafael Bernal,
The Hill,
9 Jan. 2025
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The visual incongruence creates a sense of claustrophobia—for both Alice and the viewers—as though the entire house is closing in on her.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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The tricky room of architectural incongruences also features a brass bed by Worthen, a wall of smoked mirror with rosettes to enhance the natural light, and Romo curtains.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Architectural Digest,
11 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Share doubts and concerns about your incompatibility.—
Jenny McCoy,
Glamour,
10 Jan. 2025
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Most of these users will not have the skills or expertise to navigate a risky upgrade path, a potential need to reverse, or note the signs of an incompatibility issue that drops them off security support.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
14 Dec. 2024
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“Incongruousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incongruousness. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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