incongruity
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Owens understands that this incongruity between Kirk’s ideology and behavior unsettles people.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Snake Men,” told with delightful humor and insight, takes readers on a journey through incongruity: amateur scientists, professional pique and the insatiable human drive to name everything, everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
“That incongruity can cause stress in a relationship.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Despite the incongruity, the car's autopilot grabs control and swerves into a ditch.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024
The incongruity of queuing to beg for food made her feel uncomfortable, blemished.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Technical strategists see incongruities like this as a sign that the index’s strength has been predicated, somewhat precariously, on the success of a minority of its stocks, making it more vulnerable to adverse developments.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025
And when we point out incongruities or inefficiencies in these policies, we’re told: No, you’re inefficient and lazy.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2025
But longtime Mexico City denizens point out incongruities: the prevalence of palm trees, misnamed or nonexistent institutions, a court scene with a jury even though criminal jury trials do not exist here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2025
The incongruities in park guidelines and messaging stretch back to the post-town-hall banning of tripods from the prairie.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
His want of taste for mathematics and the pure physical sciences, and consequent ignorance of them, has been noticed, and this led him into some incongruities in his paintings.
From The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) by John Knowles
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