Meaning of INCOMMENSURATE
| Pronunciation: | | `inku'menshurit
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| | Definition: | | [adj] (often followed by `with') not corresponding in size or degree or extent; "a reward incommensurate with his effort" |
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| | Synonyms: | | disproportionate, incommensurable |
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| | Antonyms: | | commensurate | | |
| | See Also: | | unequal | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In`com*men"su*rate\, a.
1. Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure;
incommensurable.
2. Not of equal of sufficient measure or extent; not
adequate; as, our means are incommensurate to our wants.
Syn: Inadequate; insufficient; disproportionate. --
{In`com*men"su*rate*ly}, adv. --
{In`com*men"su*rate*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | abnormal, absurd, anomalous, disappointing, disheartening, displeasing, disproportionate, dissatisfactory, inadequate, incoherent, incommensurable, incomparable, incompatible, incongruous, inconsequent, inconsistent, inconsonant, insufficient, irreconcilable, not comparable to, not good enough, out of proportion, oxymoronic, paradoxical, self-contradictory, unfulfilling, ungratifying, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying |
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