Mammoth Memory

Incongruous – not in harmony or in keeping with the surroundings

PRONOUNCE INCONGRUOUS

(Pronunciation in-kon-groo-uhs)

REMEMBER MEANING OF INCONGRUOUS

Not in harmony or keeping with surroundings. Not what is correct or proper.

In Congress (incongruous): he was wearing something completely inappropriate and out of keeping with the surroundings.

In Congress (incongruous): he was wearing something completely inappropriate and out of keeping with his surroundings.

 

Examples of incongruous in a sentence

As Sally rode the bus a man sat next to her, he was entirely incongruous in his features.

These passages written in this old book are incongruous to the time it was written.

His behaviour became erratic, completely incongruous to how he normally operated.

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