incoherent, tongue-tied
(adjective) unable to express yourself clearly or fluently; “felt tongue-tied with embarrassment”; “incoherent with grief”
incoherent
(adjective) (physics) of waves having no stable definite or stable phase relation
incoherent
(adjective) without logical or meaningful connection; “a turgid incoherent presentation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
incoherent (comparative more incoherent, superlative most incoherent)
Not coherent.
Not making logical sense; not logically connected or consistent.
(obsolete) Not holding together physically; loose; unconnected.
Not cohering socially, not united.
• unintelligible
• unrelated
• disjointed
• desultory
• jerky
• disconnected
• discontinuous
• coherent
Source: Wiktionary
In`co*her"ent, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + coherent: cf. F. incohérent.]
1. Not coherent; wanting cohesion; loose; unconnected; physically disconnected; not fixed to each; -- said of material substances. Woodward.
2. Wanting coherence or agreement; incongruous; inconsistent; having no dependence of one part on another; logically disconnected. "The same rambling, incoherent manner." Bp. Warburton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 January 2025
(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
