incommensurate
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˌɪn.kəˈmɛn.sə.rɪt/
- Formal
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inconmensurable
- Cultural matrices and their operating rules are often incommensurate across localities.
Examples
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Their actions are incommensurate with the gravity of the situation.
Blog text (7) -
Freedom is an intangible that is hard to measure, and different types of freedom are incommensurate.
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Anything less appeared incommensurate with the enormity of the evil.
Academic text (1993) -
While Western governments have recognized the seriousness of the issue, the modest measures they have taken to address it are incommensurate with its gravity.
Academic text (2014) -
That theory argues that the truths of politics and the truths of revelation are incommensurate with each other.
Academic text (1998) -
Regarding the thinkers I present in this paper, it may be that they combine topics that anthropologists feel are incommensurate.
Academic text (2004) -
Use of SIDs as a substitute for creditworthiness contributes to an increased rate of subprime auto loan defaults as subprime borrowers take on car loans incommensurate with their ability to pay.
Academic text (2016) -
The punishment was incommensurate with the offense, leaving many feeling it was too harsh.
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His response seemed incommensurate to the problem at hand, as it did not address the main issues.
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The funding received by the project was incommensurate with the scale of the goals set by the team.
Synonyms
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4.6
Too strong or big compared with what the situation needs
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5.9
Too large or small compared with what is fair
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7.4
Not fitting with the things around it and looking strange
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7.9
Not matching what it should be in shape or meaning
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6.7
Being too large or too small compared with something else
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9.9
Cannot be measured or compared because there is no common standard
Antonyms
How Commensurate
Surface Forms
Morphology
incommensurate = commensurate (transparent) = in + commensurate
This sense is a straightforward negation of 'commensurate' with the productive prefix 'in-'.
Etymology
Incommensurate comes from the parts in- 'not' and mensura 'measure', which you can think of like the English word 'measure'. So, if something is incommensurate it does not match in size or amount and feels out of proportion.