as in incongruity
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Noun
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In another show, with a lesser writer, such incongruities could be read as character inconsistencies, accidental oversights, mistakes.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
7 Apr. 2025 -
This is the incongruity that fuels Universal Language, Matthew Rankin’s glorious parody-slash-ode to someone else’s shadows-on-a-wall missives — a gesture of decontextualization that layers one country’s extraordinary visual poetry over another’s extreme blandness.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The offense experienced inconsistency after a hot start.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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The problem is that the only consistent feature of Brighton’s season so far has been inconsistency, which extends to what are deemed to be easier, challenging or difficult fixtures in the Opta model.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In her Venn diagrams, Kim presses uncomfortable categories together, exploring the space of overlap as one of incongruence and friction.—
Mara Mills,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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Many of our brave officers are hampered by policy incongruence that many times lead to inaction.—
Anthony Segrich,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Overlooking Leadership Alignment Leadership incompatibility is the silent killer of M&A momentum.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Issues such as third-party software incompatibilities or a lack of robust distribution channels can hinder a product’s success.—
Pooja Sathe,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Incongruousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incongruousness. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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