incongruousness

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Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Ideological inconsistency is also a hallmark of both Thompson’s death and the Wirkin bag.
    Aarushi Bhandari, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Relationship experts weigh in, offering a guide to recognizing behaviors that might signal incompatibility or potential problems.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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