incongruous

Example Sentences

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Its pale blue packaging features snowy landscapes, which appear incongruous compared to the jungle surrounding the building.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

It seems completely incongruous a club the size of Rangers, its life spent under a gigantic microscope, could possibly move quietly into contention, but that's the reality.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

Meanwhile, by the late 1960s, his artist friends had embraced the Anti-Form movement, in which cheap and often unattractive materials were brought together in incongruous combinations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

“It was OK, but it was incongruous, getting us nowhere, and in the end we had no money, no nothing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

The high hairdo towered over her thin face like dunce cap, the white-blond hair utterly incongruous with her olive skin.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld