Meaning & use
incongruent
Not in agreement or harmony; out of place or inconsistent with the surrounding context.
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His cheerful tone seemed incongruent with the seriousness of the news he was delivering.
The modern glass extension looked incongruent against the building's old stone facade.
A note on using this word
In geometry, incongruent figures are ones that do not match exactly in shape and size when compared.
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
(mathematics) Not identical in shape and size, so that one figure cannot be placed exactly over the other.
The two triangles were incongruent because their corresponding sides were different lengths.
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