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incommensurate

adjective

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adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English commensurate English incommensurate From in- + commensurate.

  1. Out of proportion (in size, degree or extent) with something else.

    In the marriage of Inanna and Dumuzi we saw a commensurate relationship between the two, a marriage of Heaven and earth, but now in the fall of Inanna into hell, the relationship becomes incommensurate.

incommensurate — meaning, definition (adjective) · Vinony