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  1. Nov 22, 2015 · If measurements are incoherent, there is generally a greater level of confusion that does not permit a clear interpretation (e.g., the meter can't be read clearly to even determine the measurements). When referring to logical proofs or philosophical systems, the implication is similar.

  2. When someone exhibits disorganized speech, their words may seem jumbled, incoherent, or lacking coherence. An example of disorganized speech can manifest as tangentiality – when the individual strays off-topic and goes on unrelated tangents during conversation.

  3. (of sounds) not clear and hard to understand synonym unintelligible. Rachel whispered something incoherent. not logical or well organized. an incoherent policy. The present, incoherent system does need reform. The theory was outdated and incoherent. opposite coherent.

  4. impossible or extremely difficult to understand: These accounts are utterly incomprehensible. Can you explain them to me? incomprehensible to It's incomprehensible to me why he would want to kill himself. Opposites. comprehensible. explicable. Compare. inexplicable. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult to understand. abstrusely.

  5. Jun 25, 2015 · incomprehensible would be used to express the inability to understand a problem and finding a solution for it or to fathom a process. whilst. unintelligible rather emphasizes that a sound or writing is difficult to grasp or understand, for example due to noise or crabbed handwriting.

  6. Incoherent means that something is difficult to understand because it's not holding together. A lot of people use incoherent to mean unintelligible, which is a perfectly fine usage. But it specifically means unintelligible due to a lack of cohesion, or sticking together.

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  8. OED's earliest evidence for incoherent is from before 1631, in the writing of John Donne, poet and Church of England clergyman. incoherent is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: in- prefix4, coherent adj. & n. See etymology.