Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incommensurate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incommensurate \In`com*men"su*rate\, a.
1. Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure;
incommensurable.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
incommensurate
adj : (often followed by `with') not corresponding in size or
degree or extent; "a reward incommensurate with his
effort" [ant: {commensurate}]
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