incommensurable

1. 1.

   impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence

   Similarincomparable
2. 2.

   not having a common factor

   Similarincommensurate

Questions about incommensurable

What does incommensurable mean?

incommensurable means "impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in incommensurable?

incommensurable has 6 syllables: in-com-men-su-ra-ble. The stress falls on "su".

Is incommensurable a common word?

incommensurable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.