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Incoherent definition

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Unable to think or express one's thoughts in a clear or orderly manner.

Incoherent with grief.

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Lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; not coherent.

Incoherent fragments of a story.

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Not coherent.
  • Lacking cohesion; not sticking together.
  • Not logically connected; disjointed; rambling.
  • Characterized by incoherent speech, thought, etc.
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The definition of incoherent is something written or spoken that is not sticking together, is rambling or is not expressed in an orderly way.

An example of incoherent is an essay that changes positions halfway through.

An example of incoherent is a person who talks nonsense and makes no sense.

An example of incoherent is something written or said by a person who has only a very limited grasp of the language in which he is speaking.

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Lacking coherence or agreement; incongruous; inconsistent; not logically connected.
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Origin of incoherent

Incoherent Sentence Examples

  • The result is a confusion that renders the description incoherent.

  • From this vague, incoherent, yet gifted writer our author acquired some of his strong feeling for the naive.

  • Linguistics can tell us what makes the poem incoherent, how the "speaker" is multiple, but not who the speaker is.

  • The formations are mostly incoherent, and have nearly their original position.

  • In the midst of his explanation shouts were heard from the army, growing more incoherent and more diffused, mingling with music and songs and coming from the field where the review was held.

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