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(ɪnkoʊhɪərənt)
1. adjective
If someone is incoherent, they are talking in a confused and unclear way.
As the evening progressed, he became increasingly incoherent.
The man was almost incoherent with fear. [+ with]
She dissolved into incoherent sobs.
Synonyms: unintelligible, wild, confused, disordered More Synonyms of incoherent
incoherence uncountable noun
Beth's incoherence told Amy that something was terribly wrong.
Synonyms: unintelligibility, inarticulateness, disconnectedness, disjointedness More Synonyms of incoherent
incoherently adverb [ADVERB with verb]
He collapsed on the floor, mumbling incoherently.
2. adjective
If you say that something such as a policy is incoherent, you are criticizing it because the different parts of it do not fit together properly.
[disapproval]
...an incoherent set of objectives.
incoherence uncountable noun
...the general incoherence of government policy. [+ of]

incoherent in British English

(ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərənt)
adjective
1. 
lacking in clarity or organization; disordered
2. 
unable to express oneself clearly; inarticulate
3.  physics
(of two or more waves) having the same frequency but not the same phase
incoherent light
Derived forms
incoherence (ˌincoˈherence) or incoherency (ˌincoˈherency) or incoherentness (ˌincoˈherentness)
noun
incoherently (ˌincoˈherently)
adverb

incoherent in American English

(ˌɪnkoʊˈhɪrənt; also, ˌɪnkoʊˈhɛrənt)
adjective
not coherent
; specif.,
a. 
lacking cohesion; not sticking together
b. 
not logically connected; disjointed; rambling
c. 
characterized by incoherent speech, thought, etc.
Derived forms
incoherently (ˌincoˈherently)
adverb

Examples of 'incoherent' in a sentence
incoherent

The letters of correction were almost incoherent with joy.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
His most recent press conference was rambling and almost incoherent.
The Sun (2014)
He came up to me after and he was completely incoherent.
The Sun (2007)
There is insufficient link up between conversations and the plot therefore becomes flat and incoherent.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Think of it more as an incoherent clump of mess.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
His economic policy is completely incoherent.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Other pupils have been completely incoherent.
The Sun (2015)
This is a very odd stance, simultaneously incoherent and wrong.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Worse, he was increasingly incoherent in public.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is incoherent and wrong.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Nor, perhaps, should you make pledges that risk making future policy incoherent.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
One drinker said: 'They were almost incoherent.
The Sun (2008)
The heart of the matter was simple: post-war planning was completely incoherent.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This seems fanciful, for it is repetitive, often incoherent and riddled with clichés.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Users become paranoid, incoherent and both destructive and pathetically self-destructive.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
One wrote on a web forum: 'It was an incoherent mess.
The Sun (2010)
He spent much of those opening 45 minutes raging at the incoherent mess, from both sides.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He didn't answer, but muttered something incoherent under his breath as he slowly shook his head.
The Sun (2014)
Nonetheless, it is hard to ignore the fact that there is something incoherent about UK monetary policy at the moment.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)

In other languages
incoherent

British English: incoherent ADJECTIVE
If someone is incoherent, they are talking in a confused and unclear way.
As the evening progressed, he became increasingly incoherent.
  • American English: incoherent
  • Brazilian Portuguese: incoerente
  • Chinese: 语无伦次的
  • European Spanish: incoherente
  • French: incohérent
  • German: zusammenhanglos
  • Italian: incoerente
  • Japanese: 支離滅裂の
  • Korean: 말에 두서가 없는
  • European Portuguese: incoerente
  • Latin American Spanish: incoherente

(adjective) 
Definition
not logically connected or ordered
As the evening progressed he became increasingly incoherent.
Synonyms
unintelligible
She muttered something unintelligible.
pages inscribed with unintelligible characters
wild
confused
disordered
a disordered heap of mossy branches
wandering
muddled
the muddled thinking of the Government's transport policy
rambling
He wrote a rambling letter to his sister.
inconsistent
The outburst was inconsistent with the image he had cultivated.
jumbled
stammering
disconnected
a meaningless jumble of disconnected words
stuttering
unconnected
The knowledge turned in unconnected fragments in his head.
disjointed
his disjointed ramblings about his youth
inarticulate
She made an inarticulate noise in the back of her throat.
uncoordinated
Government action has been half-hearted and uncoordinated.
Opposites
rational
,
logical
,
coherent
,
intelligible
,
connected

Additional synonyms

in the sense of disconnected
a meaningless jumble of disconnected words
Synonyms
confused,
mixed-up,
rambling,
irrational,
jumbled,
unintelligible,
illogical,
incoherent,
disjointed,
garbled,
uncoordinated
in the sense of disjointed
Definition
having no coherence
his disjointed ramblings about his youth
Synonyms
incoherent,
confused,
disordered,
rambling,
disconnected,
unconnected,
loose,
aimless,
fitful,
spasmodic
in the sense of disordered
a disordered heap of mossy branches
Synonyms
untidy,
confused,
muddled,
all over the place,
displaced,
out of place,
jumbled,
misplaced,
dislocated,
deranged,
in a mess,
disorganized,
in confusion,
higgledy-piggledy (informal),
disarranged,
disarrayed,
out of kilter,
daggy (Australian, New Zealand, informal)

Synonyms of 'incoherent'

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