Meaning & use

incoherent

adjective·Academic

Unclear or impossible to understand because ideas are not connected logically or expressed clearly.

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The witness gave an incoherent account of the accident, jumping between unrelated details.

He mumbled something incoherent before falling back asleep.

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Can describe both speech or writing that lacks logical structure and an argument whose parts contradict one another.

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