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   in·co·her·ent

   /ˌinkōˈhirənt/

   adjective

   • 1. (of spoken or written language) expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way; unclear: "he screamed some incoherent threat" Similar unclearconfusedmuddledunintelligibleincomprehensiblehard to followdisjointeddisconnectedunconnecteddisorderedmixed upgarbledjumbledscrambledramblingwanderingdiscursivedisorganizeduncoordinatedillogicalinarticulatemumbledmutteredstutteredstammeredslurredrare:inchoateOpposite coherentlucidintelligible
   • ▪ (of a person) unable to speak intelligibly: "I splutter several more times before becoming incoherent" Similar deliriousravingbabblinghystericalirrationalOpposite lucid
   • ▪ (of an ideology, policy, or system) internally inconsistent; illogical: "the film is ideologically incoherent"
   • 2. (of waves) having no definite or stable phase relationship.

   Derivatives

   • 1. incoherency noun
   • 2. incoherently adverb

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