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   incongruous

   /ɪnˈkɒŋɡrʊəs/

   adjective

   • 1. not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something: "the duffel coat looked incongruous with the black dress she wore underneath" Similar out of placeout of keepinginappropriateunsuitableunsuitednot in harmonydiscordantdissonantconflictingclashingjarringwrongat oddsin oppositioncontrarycontradictoryirreconcilablestrangeoddabsurdbizarreoff-keyextraneousinformal:like a fish out of watersticking/standing out a milerare:disconsonantill-matchedill-assortedmismatchedunharmoniousinconsistentincompatibledifferentdissimilarcontrastingdisparatediscrepantOpposite appropriateharmonious

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin incongruus (from in- ‘not’ + congruus ‘agreeing, suitable’, from the verb congruere) + -ous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. incongruousness noun

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   6 hours ago · This statement may appear incongruous since 90% of the population speak Wolof (Diallo, 2010, p. 19). Babacar adds, after arguing in support of that idea, that there is no such thing as a Wolof ethnic group, that the Wolof language was simply born as a result of a communicational need between all the other ethnic groups: “C’est un besoin de communication qui a fait que le wolof soit né”.

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   6 hours ago · This apparently incongruous provision reflected the understanding by advocates of resumption, particularly Treasury Secretary John Sherman, that gold payments could be resumed only at the political price of remonetizing silver (Timberlake, 1993, p. 114). The Treasury had stopped coining silver by act of Congress in 1873.