incongruousin‧con‧gru‧ous /ɪnˈkɒŋɡruəs $ -ˈkɑːŋ-/ adjective 
Examples
The new theatre looks utterly incongruous in its setting.—incongruously adverb
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- He was dressed in a three-piece suit with an incongruous tie shaped like a fish.
- It seemed incongruous having a dance-band at the funeral.
- All because of this burning, incongruous passion.
- Amid this busy prosperity it was curiously incongruous, unlike in Tunis or Cairo.
- Except that it seemed incongruous and yet traditional - we are overloaded with tradition.
- Four storeys high, square and turreted with pepper-pot towers; romantic, unexpected, incongruous.
- It depends upon the incongruous, perceiving what is out of place - which is usually us!
- Some seem flower-like yet when you touch them they have the incongruous scratch of stone.
- Then I noticed a most incongruous thing.
- We piled into its crowded bar, incongruous among rough seagoing types, and found ourselves a table by the window.
THESAURUS► unsuitable/not suitable
strange, unexpected, or unsuitable in a particular situation: not having the right qualities for a particular person, purpose, or situation: · These toys are not suitable for children under 3.· The job was considered unsuitable for women.· Some dogs end up in totally unsuitable homes.
► not appropriate/inappropriate not suitable for a particular situation or purpose – used especially about someone’s behaviour or language: · Slang is not appropriate in an academic essay.· Never reward inappropriate behaviour.· It would not be appropriate for us to comment at this stage.
► wrong not the right thing or person for a particular job or purpose: · You’re using the wrong spoon – this is the soup spoon.· She was simply the wrong person for the job.
► out of place [not before noun] not looking or seeming suitable for that place or situation: · The horse drawn carriage looks a little out of place among the busy traffic.· At first I felt a bit out of place.
► incompatible two ideas or things that are incompatible cannot exist or be done together. Two people who are incompatible are unlikely to have a successful relationship, because they have very different characters, beliefs etc: · He considered the role of wife and mother to be incompatible with a career.· Why do totally incompatible people get married?
► incongruous formal seeming strange and unsuitable, often in a humorous way, because of being unexpected in a particular situation or very different from its surroundings: · It seemed incongruous having a dance-band at the funeral.· He was dressed in a three-piece suit with an incongruous tie shaped like a fish.
► inconvenient an inconvenient place or time is not suitable and causes problems for you: · He always seems to call at inconvenient times.· The new station is inconvenient to pedestrians, because it is a long walk from the centre of town.
► unfit not suitable to be used for something, or not suitable to do something: · The boat is not only unfit to live in but is actually unsafe.· The meat was declared unfit for human consumption (=not suitable to eat).· He claims she is an unfit mother.· A jury decided Pryse-Jones was unfit to stand trial at court because of his mental illness.· The house was unfit for human habitation (=not suitable to live in).
Longman Language Activatorwhen something is not suitable for a place or situation► be/seem/look out of place if something is out of place , it seems or looks very different from the other things around it, and therefore seems unsuitable for that particular place or situation: · Extremely informal language is out of place in an academic essay.· The Christmas decorations looked somehow out of place in Waikiki.
► be out of keeping/not be in keeping to not seem right or suitable when seen together with something else that is very different in style or character: · Serious poetry published in newspapers always seems slightly out of keeping.be out of keeping/not be in keeping with: · Those new windows are not really in keeping with the style of the house.· The cheerful cover of the diary was out of keeping with the thoughts I was recording inside.
► incongruous something that is incongruous seems strange and unsuitable, often in a humorous way, because it is so unexpected in a particular situation, so different from its surroundings etc: · It seemed incongruous having a dance-band at the funeral.· He was dressed in a three-piece suit with an incongruous tie shaped like a fish.
The new theatre looks utterly incongruous in its setting.—incongruously adverb