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- Dictionaryincoherent/ˌɪnkə(ʊ)ˈhɪərənt/
adjective
- 1. (of spoken or written language) expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way; unclear: "he screamed some incoherent threat" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of waves) having no definite or stable phase relationship.
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expressed in a way that is not clear, especially with ideas or words that are not connected in a sensible or clear way: The talk she gave was incoherent and badly prepared. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult to understand. abstrusely. ambiguity. ambiguously. esoterically. fathomlessly. garble. labyrinthine. lost. non-intuitive.
: lacking normal clarity or intelligibility in speech or thought. incoherent with grief. b. : lacking orderly continuity, arrangement, or relevance : inconsistent. an incoherent essay. c. : lacking cohesion : loose. incoherently adverb. Did you know?
Incoherent definition: without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling. See examples of INCOHERENT used in a sentence.
Incoherent means that something is difficult to understand because it's not holding together. A lot of people use incoherent to mean unintelligible, which is a perfectly fine usage. But it specifically means unintelligible due to a lack of cohesion, or sticking together.
expressed in a way that is not clear, especially with ideas or words that are not connected in a sensible or clear way: The talk she gave was incoherent and badly prepared. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult to understand. abstrusely. ambiguity. ambiguously. esoterically. fathomlessly. garble. it's all Greek to me idiom.
If someone is incoherent, they are talking in a confused and unclear way. As the evening progressed, he became increasingly incoherent. The man was almost incoherent with fear.
adj. 1. lacking in clarity or organization; disordered. 2. unable to express oneself clearly; inarticulate. 3. (General Physics) physics (of two or more waves) having the same frequency but not the same phase: incoherent light. ˌincoˈherence, ˌincoˈherency, ˌincoˈherentness n. ˌincoˈherently adv.
