Incommensurate
adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 not corresponding in size or degree or extent wordnet
Example
More examples"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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