Dictionary entry

Incommensurate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.