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say it: ing-KAWNG-roo-uhs
incongruous is an adjective meaning "lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness". It is pronounced /ˌɪŋˈkɔŋɹuəs/ — ing-KAWNG-roo-uhs. It carries one recorded sense.
lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
“a plan incongruous with reason”
“incongruous behavior”
“a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for incongruous come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.