discommensurate

Meanings

• Adjective

  Not proportionate or commensurate; unsuitable or inconsistent.

  - "The fine was discommensurate with the offense."
  - "His salary was discommensurate with his experience."
  - "The new employee's performance was discommensurate with her qualifications."

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Variants

List of all variants of discommensurate that leads to same result
discommend , discommended , discommending , discommends

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Etymology

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From Latin discommensuratus, meaning 'unmeasured' or 'unequal'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'discommensurate' is not commonly used in everyday language and is more often found in formal or academic contexts.

2. The word 'discommensurate' has six syllables and is pronounced as dis-com-men-su-rate.

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Related Concepts

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1. incommensurable: Refers to two quantities or concepts that cannot be measured or compared using a common unit.

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Culture

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There are no significant cultural, historical, or symbolic associations with the term 'discommensurate'.

How to Memorize "discommensurate"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a scale that is unbalanced, with one side being much heavier than the other. This represents the concept of discommensurate.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'discommensurate' with the concept of 'uneven' or 'unbalanced'. For example, you could remember it as 'dis'-meaning 'un'- and 'commensurate'-meaning 'measured' or 'equal'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic phrase such as 'Disproportionate Is Not Equal' to help remember the meaning of 'discommensurate'.

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