Skip to main content
EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

incommensurate

/in-kuh-men-ser-it, -sher-/US // ˌɪn kəˈmɛn sər ɪt, -ʃər- //UK // (ˌɪnkəˈmɛnʃərɪt) //

不可通约,不可通约的,不通透,不通透的

Related Words

disproportionate不成比例的,不相称的,不成比例,不相称inadequate不够,不足,不足的,不够的unequal不平等,不平等的,不公平,不公平的unfair不公平,不正当,不正当的,不公平的incommensurable不可通约,不可通约的,不可比拟的,不可比拟

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
    • : incommensurable.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.not proportional
Synonyms
disproportionate不成比例的,不相称的,不成比例,不相称inadequate不够,不足,不足的,不够的incommensurable不可通约,不可通约的,不可比拟的,不可比拟unequal不平等,不平等的,不公平,不公平的unfair不公平,不正当,不正当的,不公平的

Examples

  • They are also plainly incommensurate with the scale of the overall problem.

  • It was incommensurate with the terrible excitement of which one was talking.

  • We do not find fault with men for being born in positions that confer powers upon them incommensurate with their rights.

  • Jack Horner, Esq., put forth some effort; and results and efforts are always more or less incommensurate.

  • The prince's gratitude seemed to me incommensurate with so small a service, and so I told him.

  • Tamely to wish a man a safe issue seemed to be a common compliment incommensurate with the occasion; and a bathos.

Level 5Browse all words →