incongruous ******************************************************************************** Not congruous; the opposite of congruous. 1. Disagreeing in character or qualities; not corresponding; out of keeping; disaccordant, inconsistent, inharmonious, unsuited. Const. with, to. (Often with mixture of sense 2, stress being laid upon the inappropriateness or absurdity resulting from the want of correspondence.) 2. Disagreeing or inconsistent with the circumstances or requirements of the case, or with what is reasonable or becoming; unbecoming, unsuitable, inappropriate, absurd, out of place. 3. Having parts or elements not agreeing with each other; involving inconsistency or disagreement; not self-consistent; incoherent. {dag}4. Gram. Violating the rules of concord; grammatically incorrect. Obs. {dag}5. Geom. Not coinciding when superposed. 6. Theory of Numbers. Of two numbers: Not congruent; giving different remainders when divided by the modulus: see CONGRUENT 5.