UNCONFORMABLE

unconformable

(adjective) not correspondent; “a description unconformable to previous accounts”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

unconformable (comparative more unconformable, superlative most unconformable)

Not conformable.

(geology) Exhibiting unconformity.

Source: Wiktionary


Un`con*form"a*ble, a.

1. Not conformable; not agreeable; not conforming. Moral evil is an action unconformable to it [the rule of our duty]. I. Watts.

2. (Geol.)

Definition: Not conformable; not lying in a parallel position; as, unconformable strata.

– Un`con*form"a*ble*ness, n.

– Un`con*form"a*bly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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