incoherent

  • 11incoherent — incoherently, adv. /in koh hear euhnt, her /, adj. 1. without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence. 2. characterized by such thought or language, as a person: incoherent with rage. 3. not coherent or… …

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  • 12incoherent — /ɪnkoʊˈhɪərənt / (say inkoh hearruhnt) adjective 1. without logical connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence. 2. characterised by such thought or language, as a person: incoherent with rage. 3. not coherent or cohering: an… …

  • 13incoherent — in|co|her|ent [ˌınkəuˈhıərənt US kouˈhır ] adj 1.) not expressed or organized clearly, and therefore difficult to understand ▪ an incoherent, over long action movie ▪ He called the policy incoherent and ill thought out . 2.) speaking in a way… …

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  • 14incoherent — adjective 1 thoughts, ideas etc that are incoherent are very badly expressed or badly arranged and are difficult to understand: At times the narrative is completely incoherent. 2 speaking unclearly: As the child s temperature soared she became… …

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  • 15incoherent — adjective Date: 1626 lacking coherence: as a. lacking cohesion ; loose b. lacking orderly continuity, arrangement, or relevance ; inconsistent < an incoherent essay > c. lacking normal clarity or intelligibility in speech or thought < incoherent&#8230; …

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  • 16incoherent — In probability theory a set of probability assignments is incoherent if it lays their possessor open to a Dutch book ; equivalently, it is incoherent if it disobeys the classical axioms of probability theory. See representation theorem …

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  • 17incoherent — in|co|her|ent [ ,ınkou hırənt ] adjective 1. ) badly organized or expressed and therefore difficult to understand: disconnected, incoherent sentences 2. ) unable to express yourself clearly: incoherent with rage ╾ in|co|her|ence noun uncount ╾&#8230; …

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  • 18incoherent — adjective 1) a long, incoherent speech Syn: unclear, confused, unintelligible, incomprehensible, hard to follow, disjointed, disconnected, disordered, mixed up, garbled, jumbled, scrambled, muddled; rambling, wandering, disorganized …

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  • 19incoherent — UK [ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərənt] / US [ˌɪnkoʊˈhɪrənt] adjective 1) badly organized or expressed and therefore difficult to understand disconnected, incoherent sentences 2) unable to express yourself clearly incoherent with rage Derived words: incoherence noun …

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  • 20incoherent — in•co•her•ent [[t]ˌɪn koʊˈhɪər ənt, ˈhɛr [/t]] adj. 1) lacking logical connection: incoherent thoughts[/ex] 2) inarticulate: incoherent with rage[/ex] 3) loose; disjointed • Etymology: 1620–30 in co•her′ent•ly, adv …

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