incongruent

Example Sentences

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"Specifically, we want to test incongruent pairings -- for example, what happens if you hear a drum but see a bird?" said Huang.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

As ETF leader Jan van Eck recently observed in these pages, such shareholder activism is particularly incongruent for investment funds that merely mirror stock market indexes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

We found that environmental messaging is incongruent to conservative consumers, meaning these ads don't spark either their curiosity or interest.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2023

Over the years, he has patented several ways to make a shallow three-dimensional picture that’s visible with the naked eye, often by strobing between two similar but incongruent frames like a kind of overlapping stereoscope.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

She was beautiful in a way that was incongruent with the dingy Deuce.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss