incommensurate

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌɪnkəˈmɛnʃərɪt/ UK /ˌɪnkəˈmɛnʃərət/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
not in proportion or adequate relation to something

His reward was incommensurate with the effort he had put in.

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Synonyms

1 adj · not in proportion or... disproportionate inadequate unequal insufficientmismatched

Opposites

commensurate proportionate adequate equal

Word family

Derived forms incommensuratelyincommensurateness

Related forms commensurate commensurable measure incommensurable

Etymology

From in- ('not') + commensurate, from Late Latin commensuratus, from com- ('together') + mensuratus ('measured'), from Latin mensura ('measure').

mensura Latin metiri Latin *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# incommensurate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌɪnkəˈmɛnʃərɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɪnkəˈmɛnʃərət/

## Meanings
1. not in proportion or adequate relation to something

## Examples
- His reward was incommensurate with the effort he had put in.

## Synonyms
- disproportionate
- inadequate
- unequal
- insufficient
- mismatched

## Antonyms
- commensurate
- proportionate
- adequate
- equal

## Derived Forms
- incommensurately
- incommensurateness

## Related Forms
- commensurate
- commensurable
- measure
- incommensurable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mensura
- Root: metiri
- Root: *meh₁-

## Etymology
From in- ('not') + commensurate, from Late Latin commensuratus, from com- ('together') + mensuratus ('measured'), from Latin mensura ('measure').

## AI Etymology
Incommensurate comes from in- ('not') + commensurate, from Late Latin commensuratus, from com- ('together') + mensuratus ('measured'), from Latin mensura ('measure'). The etymological trail includes Latin mensura, Latin metiri, and Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-. As an adjective, incommensurate means not in proportion or adequate relation to something. The same family is visible in derived forms such as incommensurately and incommensurateness and related forms such as commensurate, commensurable, measure, and incommensurable. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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