Meaning and example
lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
A plan incongruous with reason
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 1.318 places incongruous in the common range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 91% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
- Known by
- 91%
a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
- Known by
- 91%
using or containing too many words
- Known by
- 91%
not in agreement or harmony
- Known by
- 91.2%
a feeling of intense dislike
- Known by
- 90.8%
any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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