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incoherent

How to use incoherent in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for incoherent.

Editorial note

And I love that it manages to be completely incoherent with Go, the other "Google Language".

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

without logical or meaningful connection; "a turgid incoherent presentation"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of incoherent gathered in one view.

adjective

without logical or meaningful connection; "a turgid incoherent presentation"

adjective

(physics) of waves having no stable definite or stable phase relation

adjective

unable to express yourself clearly or fluently; "felt tongue-tied with embarrassment"; "incoherent with grief"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for incoherent.

adjective

without logical or meaningful connection; "a turgid incoherent presentation"

adjective

(physics) of waves having no stable definite or stable phase relation

adjective

unable to express yourself clearly or fluently; "felt tongue-tied with embarrassment"; "incoherent with grief"

Example sentences

1

And I love that it manages to be completely incoherent with Go, the other "Google Language".

2

But everyone I worked with at the FSF, including me, kind of went off in various incoherent directions -- doing what we guessed would help and that seemed interesting to us.

3

When you say, "Excuse me, I don't understand this," and everyone else is thinking that, too, and especially if it turns out to be a bad presentation or a fundamentally incoherent concept .

4

Why?I know that Apple isn't popular around these parts, but let's at least have an intelligent conversation about specifically what we find fault with instead of ranting and rage-upvoting incoherent rants.

5

It's incoherent, fanatical pessimism, and it's really dissapointing.

6

What we see today is a total jumble of inconsistent and incoherent UI design, where usability and efficiency are considered significantly less important than "looking trendy".

7

I think this essay's definition of anti-intellectualism is incoherent -- must I disrespect knowledge itself, disrespect all education beyond grade school, disrespect War and Peace, or merely disrespect Nicholas Carr, in order to be labeled an anti-intellectual?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use incoherent in a sentence?

And I love that it manages to be completely incoherent with Go, the other "Google Language".

What does incoherent mean?

without logical or meaningful connection; "a turgid incoherent presentation"

What part of speech is incoherent?

incoherent is commonly used as adjective.