unconformable

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I’m always going to talk about what makes people unconformable.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

It is critical at a time of public health crisis to be aware of the line between panic and preparation, to speak tough and unconformable truths without being alarmist.

From Washington Times • Mar. 9, 2020

These, it will be seen, are horizontal, and lie in what is termed "unconformable stratification" on the more ancient series.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

Etypic, -al, ē-tip′ik, -al, adj. unconformable to type.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

The Magdala group is unconformable to that of Ashangi in some places.

From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Hull, Edward