Meaning & use
incoherent
Unclear or impossible to understand because ideas are not connected logically or expressed clearly.
See it in a sentence
The witness gave an incoherent account of the accident, jumping between unrelated details.
He mumbled something incoherent before falling back asleep.
A note on using this word
Can describe both speech or writing that lacks logical structure and an argument whose parts contradict one another.
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