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incoherent


Meanings
  • Adjective

    Lacking sense, order, or meaning.

    - "His speech was incoherent and difficult to understand."
    - "The noise in the room was incoherent, making it hard to concentrate."

Antonyms

coherent
Synonyms

desultory , disconnected , discontinuous , disjointed , jerky , unintelligible , unrelated
Rhymes
Words rhyming with incoherent
irrelevant , preposterous , absurd , deranged
Variants
List of all variants of incoherent that leads to same result
incoherent , incoherently
Etymology
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From the Latin word 'incoherens', meaning 'not holding together'.


Trivia
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  1. The term 'incoherent' was first used in English literature in the 14th century.

  2. Incoherence is a common symptom of various neurological conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia.


Related Concepts
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  1. Nonsense: Incoherent is often used to describe things that are nonsensical or lacking meaning.

  2. Confusion: Incoherence can also be a sign of confusion or disorientation.


How to Memorize "incoherent"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a jigsaw puzzle with missing pieces. This puzzle represents the incoherent speech or thought.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'incoherent' with 'chaos' or 'disorder'.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the acronym 'ILIAD' to remember the definition: Incoherent - Lacking - Intelligible - Adheres - Delineated.


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