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incoherence

[in-koh-heer-uhns, -her-] / ˌɪn koʊˈhɪər əns, -ˈhɛr- /
NOUN
disjointedness
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What remains has now been restored and assembled by Milestone Films in a version whose narrative incoherence is balanced by its outrageousness.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

Beyond the incoherence of destroying an item that was already paid for, demonstrations like these had little impact on the brands themselves.

From Salon Oct. 3, 2025

I won’t spoil all the humorous details, but the intermittent amusement can’t conceal the fundamental incoherence of O’Hara’s project.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2025

The slippery incoherence is a feature, not a bug.

From Slate Oct. 16, 2024

My grandfather, accustomed to the multifarious conjugations of ancient Greek verbs, had found English, for all its incoherence, a relatively simple tongue to master.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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