strange, and not suitable in a particular situation synonym inappropriate不合适的;不相称的;不协调的 Such traditional methods seem incongruous in our technical age. 此类传统方法似乎同我们今天的科技时代格格不入。 The two of them made an incongruous couple. 他们俩是不相配的一对。 a collage of seemingly incongruous images 由一些看似互不相干的形象组成的拼贴画
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Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin incongruus (from in- ‘not’ + congruus ‘agreeing, suitable’, from the verb congruere) + -ous.