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

Adj. disagreeing &c. v.; discordant, discrepant; at variance, at war; hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable, inconsistent with; unconformable, exceptional &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

St. Abb's Head, curved strata of. —, unconformable stratification at.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

These beds are dipping and unconformable with the rocks above; while they make but 800 feet of the wall or less, they have a geological thickness of 12,000 feet.

From Canyons of the Colorado by Powell, John Wesley