Incommensurate

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Out of proportion (in size, degree or extent) with something else.

    "In the marriage of Inanna and Dumuzi we saw a commensurate relationship between the two, a marriage of Heaven and earth, but now in the fall of Inanna into hell, the relationship becomes incommensurate."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not corresponding in size or degree or extent wordnet

Example

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"In the marriage of Inanna and Dumuzi we saw a commensurate relationship between the two, a marriage of Heaven and earth, but now in the fall of Inanna into hell, the relationship becomes incommensurate."

Etymology

From in- + commensurate.

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