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incoherent

[in-koh-heer-uhnt, -her-] / ˌɪn koʊˈhɪər ənt, -ˈhɛr- /


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In those experiments, they used an LED, an incoherent light source, to produce polarization-entangled photons.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

The agents also hallucinated reams of incoherent commands and text and were sloppy and did not cover their tracks well.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

The suspect had made "incoherent statements", Nunez said, warning however against jumping to conclusions as to his motives.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Even Mikhail Gorbachev’s Soviet Union attempted the turn toward markets under perestroika, though that effort was, as economists have noted, too incoherent to produce results before the state itself dissolved.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Bellowing a chain of incoherent pleasantries, Bunny slapped me on the shoulder and leapt out of the car.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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