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incommensurate
CIDE DICTIONARY
incommensurate, a.
- Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure; incommensurable. [1913 Webster]
- Not of equal of sufficient measure or extent; not adequate; as, our means are incommensurate to our wants.
Syn. -- Inadequate; insufficient; disproportionate.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
incommensurate, adj.
1 (often foll. by with, to) out of proportion; inadequate.
2 = INCOMMENSURABLE.
1 (often foll. by with, to) out of proportion; inadequate.
2 = INCOMMENSURABLE.
Derivative
incommensurately adv. incommensurateness n.
THESAURUS
incommensurate
abnormal, absurd, anomalous, disappointing, disheartening, displeasing, disproportionate, dissatisfactory, inadequate, incoherent, incommensurable, incomparable, incompatible, incongruous, inconsequent, inconsistent, inconsonant, insufficient, irreconcilable, not comparable to, not good enough, out of proportion, oxymoronic, paradoxical, self-contradictory, unfulfilling, ungratifying, unsatisfactory, unsatisfyingROGET THESAURUS
incommensurate
Difference
N difference, variance, variation, variety, diversity, dissimilarity, disagreement, disparity, distinction, contradistinction, alteration, modification, permutation, moods and tenses, nice distinction, fine distinction, delicate distinction, subtle distinction, shade of difference, nuance, discrimination, differentia, different thing, something else, apple off another tree, another pair of shoes, horse of a different color, this that or the other, differing, different, diverse, heterogeneous, multifarious, polyglot, distinguishable, dissimilar, varied, modified, diversified, various, divers, all manner of, all kinds of, variform, daedal, other, another, not the same, unequal, unmatched, widely apart, poles apart, distinctive, characteristic, discriminative, distinguishing, incommensurable, incommensurate, differently, il y a fagots et fagots.Numeration
N numeration, numbering, pagination, tale, recension, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation, calculation, calculus, algorithm, algorism, rhabdology, dactylonomy, measurement, statistics, arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, fluxions, differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal calculus, calculus of differences, dead reckoning, muster, poll, census, capitation, roll call, recapitulation, account, notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration, abacus, logometer, slide rule, slipstick, tallies, Napier's bones, calculating machine, difference engine, suan- pan, adding machine, cash register, electronic calculator, calculator, computer, arithmetician, calculator, abacist, algebraist, mathematician, statistician, geometer, programmer, accountant, auditor, numeral, numerical, arithmetical, analytic, algebraic, statistical, numerable, computable, calculable, commensurable, commensurate, incommensurable, incommensurate, innumerable, unfathomable, infinite, quantitatively, arithmetically, measurably, in numbers.Incomparability
N incomparability, incommensurability, indistinguishablility, incommensurable, incommensurate, incomparable, different, like apples and oranges, no basis for comparison, no standard for comparison.For further exploring for "incommensurate" in Webster Dictionary Online