Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Incongruous \In*con"gru*ous\, a. [L. incongruus. See {In-} not,
and {Congruous}.]
Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of
harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious;
inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent;
improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior,
action, dress, etc. ``Incongruous mixtures of opinions.''
--I. Taylor. ``Made up of incongruous parts.'' --Macaulay.
Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or
suitableness of which the taste and experience of men
takes cognizance. --C. J. Smith.
{Incongruous numbers} (Arith.), two numbers, which, with
respect to a third, are such that their difference can not
be divided by it without a remainder, the two numbers
being said to be incongruous with respect to the third;
as, twenty-five are incongruous with respect to four.
Syn: Inconsistent; unsuitable; inharmonious; disagreeing;
absurd; inappropriate; unfit; improper. See
{Inconsistent}. -- {In*con"gru*ous*ly}, adv. --
{In*con"gru*ous*ness}, n.
Source : WordNet®
incongruous
adj : lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness; "a
plan incongruous with reason"; "incongruous behavior";
"a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation"
[ant: {congruous}]