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Vocabulary Entry
incommensurate
|adjective • noun
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A
adjective
Not equal in size, amount, degree, or value; not comparable on the same scale.
Example Sentences
"Their salaries were incommensurate."
"The risks are incommensurate with the reward."
"The two measurements are incommensurate."
N
noun
A thing that cannot be directly compared with another because it is on a different scale or basis.
Example Sentences
"The report treated the two values as incommensurates."
"Incommensurates can be hard to compare."
"The model includes several incommensurates."