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INCOMMENSURATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does incommensurate mean?
• INCOMMENSURATE (adjective)
The adjective INCOMMENSURATE has 1 sense:
1. not corresponding in size or degree or extent
Familiarity information: INCOMMENSURATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not corresponding in size or degree or extent
Context example:
a reward incommensurate with his effort
Similar:
disproportionate (not proportionate)
incommensurable (not having a common factor)
Also:
unequal (poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure)
Antonym:
commensurate (corresponding in size or degree or extent)
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