discorrespondentadj.
/ˌdɪskɒrᵻˈspɒnd(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌdɪskɔrəˈspɑnd(ə)nt/ Incongruous, lacking correspondence or harmony; not in keeping with or correspondent to something.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective]
discordablea1393
discordanta1393
discordinga1398
incongruea1398
inconvenient1398
unaccording1398
discordc1415
disagreeablea1425
inconsutilec1450
unaccordanta1470
dissonant1490
disaccordanta1513
disagreeing?1526
incongruent1531
wide1531
unconsonant1535
dissonate1548
dissenting1550
dissident?c1550
unagreeable?1550
disconformc1554
discrepant1556
absonant1564
dissentany1586
disconsorted1589
disagreed1596
discordous1597
discordious1598
incorrespondent1599
dissentious1605
untunable1605
incongruous1611
unagreeing1611
unanswerable1611
eccentric1612
unconcurrent1613
disconsonant1614
dissentaneous1623
dissorting1631
uncorrespondent1631
discorrespondent1635
incoincident1636
unconcurring1639
eccentrical1640
unatonable1645
incompliant1647
pluranimous1650
disconformeda1658
inagreeable1657
inconsonant1658
disharmonious1659
inconcinn1660
discongruous1663
unharmonious1667
discoherent1675
uncongruous1709
inharmonious1749
immutual1768
unharmonized1803
unconsentaneous1818
inaccordant1822
uncorresponding1826
unharmonizing1851
non-concurring1866
discordful1867
disharmonic1887
non-concurrent1907
1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada i. 4 Taking afterwards more observant notice of the place, hee discovered in its poverty an object of discorrespondent furnitures [It. non corrispondenti arnesi], the bed and arras hangings being all of silke and gold.
1654 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia: 2nd Pt. vii. §3 137 It would be discorrespondent in respect of God.
1802 Gentlemen's Mag. Aug. 721/1 The overhead covering to the middle aile is spun out into one single pointed arch cove, totally discorrespondent to the side ailes, and without the smallest reference to Antiquity.
1975 A. C. Danto in M. Brand Action Theory (1976) 15 It is to suppose that I may have no body at all, or one utterly discorrespondent with my idea of it.
1999 J. L. Swason & N. A. Fouad Career Theory & Pract. iv. 75 She has remained in the environment even though she has felt discorrespondent with it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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