Incommensurate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incommensurate \In`com*men"su*rate\, a.
     1. Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure;
        incommensurable.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Not of equal of sufficient measure or extent; not


        adequate; as, our means are incommensurate to our wants.
  
     Syn: Inadequate; insufficient; disproportionate. --
          {In`com*men"su*rate*ly}, adv. --
          {In`com*men"su*rate*ness}, n.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incommensurate
       adj : (often followed by `with') not corresponding in size or
             degree or extent; "a reward incommensurate with his
             effort" [ant: {commensurate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "incommensurate":
     abnormal, absurd, anomalous, disappointing, disheartening,
     displeasing, disproportionate, dissatisfactory, inadequate,
     incoherent, incommensurable, incomparable, incompatible,
     incongruous, inconsequent, inconsistent, inconsonant, insufficient,
     irreconcilable, not comparable to, not good enough,
     out of proportion, oxymoronic, paradoxical, self-contradictory,
     unfulfilling, ungratifying, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying