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- Dictionaryincoherent/ˌɪnkə(ʊ)ˈhɪərənt/
adjective
- 1. (of spoken or written language) expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way; unclear: "he screamed some incoherent threat" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of waves) having no definite or stable phase relationship.
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: lacking normal clarity or intelligibility in speech or thought. incoherent with grief. b. : lacking orderly continuity, arrangement, or relevance : inconsistent. an incoherent essay. c. : lacking cohesion : loose. incoherently adverb. Did you know?
expressed in a way that is not clear, especially with ideas or words that are not connected in a sensible or clear way: The talk she gave was incoherent and badly prepared. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult to understand. abstrusely. ambiguity. ambiguously. esoterically. fathomlessly. garble. labyrinthine. lost. non-intuitive.
Incoherent definition: without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling. See examples of INCOHERENT used in a sentence.
expressed in a way that is not clear, especially with ideas or words that are not connected in a sensible or clear way: The talk she gave was incoherent and badly prepared. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult to understand. abstrusely. ambiguity. ambiguously. esoterically. fathomlessly. garble. it's all Greek to me idiom.
Incoherent means that something is difficult to understand because it's not holding together. A lot of people use incoherent to mean unintelligible, which is a perfectly fine usage. But it specifically means unintelligible due to a lack of cohesion, or sticking together.
in·co·her·ent. (ĭn′kō-hîr′ənt) adj. 1. Lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; not coherent: incoherent fragments of a story. 2. Unable to think or express one's thoughts in a clear or orderly manner: incoherent with grief. in′co·her′ent·ly adv. in′co·her′ent·ness n.
If someone is incoherent, they are talking in a confused and unclear way. As the evening progressed, he became increasingly incoherent. The man was almost incoherent with fear.
(of sounds) not clear and hard to understand synonym unintelligible. Rachel whispered something incoherent. not logical or well organized. an incoherent policy. The present, incoherent system does need reform. The theory was outdated and incoherent. opposite coherent.
INCOHERENT definition: not using clear words or ideas, and difficult to understand: . Learn more.
1. If someone is incoherent, they are talking in a confused and unclear way. [...] 2. If you say that something such as a policy is incoherent, you are criticizing it because the different parts of it do not fit together properly. [disapproval] [...] More. Synonyms of 'incoherent' • unintelligible, wild, confused, disordered [...] More.
