INCOMMODIOUSNESS — INCONSTANT NWAD INCOMMODIOUSNESS.1
INCOMMODIOUSNESS, n. Inconvenience; unsuitableness. NWAD INCOMMODIOUSNESS.1
INCOMMODITY, n. [L. incommoditas.] NWAD INCOMMODITY.1
Inconvenience; trouble. [Now little used.] NWAD INCOMMODITY.2
The quality of not being communicable, or capable of being imparted to another. NWAD INCOMMUNICABILITY.2
INCOMMUNICABLE, a. [in and communicable.] NWAD INCOMMUNICABLE.1
1. That cannot be communicated or imparted to others. NWAD INCOMMUNICABLE.2
2. That cannot or may not be communicated, told or revealed to others. NWAD INCOMMUNICABLE.3
INCOMMUNICABLY, adv. In a manner not to be imparted or communicated. NWAD INCOMMUNICABLY.1
INCOMMUNICATED, a. Not imparted. NWAD INCOMMUNICATED.1
INCOMMUNICATING, a. Having no communion or intercourse with each other; as an administration in incommunicating hands. NWAD INCOMMUNICATING.1
INCOMMUNICATIVE, a. Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation. NWAD INCOMMUNICATIVE.1
1. Not disposed to hold communion, fellowship or intercourse with. NWAD INCOMMUNICATIVE.2
The Chinese--an incommunicative nation. NWAD INCOMMUNICATIVE.3
INCOMMUTABILITY, INCOMMUTABLENESS, n. The quality of being incommutable. NWAD INCOMMUTABILITY.1
INCOMMUTABLE, a. [in and commutable.] NWAD INCOMMUTABLE.1
Not to be exchanged or commuted with another. NWAD INCOMMUTABLE.2
INCOMMUTABLY, adv. Without reciprocal change. NWAD INCOMMUTABLY.1
INCOMPACT, INCOMPACTED, a. [in and compact.] NWAD INCOMPACT.1
Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; not solid. NWAD INCOMPACT.2
INCOMPARABLE, a. [in and comparable.] That admits of no comparison with others; usually in a good sense, but it may be properly used in a bad sense. When we say, an incomparable man, we mean a man of good qualities, or of some excellence that raises him above comparison or equality with others. So we say, incomparable excellence, virtue, wit, etc. But incomparable baseness or malignity may be used with propriety. NWAD INCOMPARABLE.1
INCOMPARABLENESS, n. Excellence beyond comparison. NWAD INCOMPARABLENESS.1
INCOMPARABLY, adv. Beyond comparison; without competition. Newton was incomparably the greatest philosopher the English nation had produced. NWAD INCOMPARABLY.1
INCOMPARED, a. Not matched; peerless. NWAD INCOMPARED.1
INCOMPASSIONATE, a. [in and compassionate.] NWAD INCOMPASSIONATE.1
Void of compassion or pity; destitute of tenderness. NWAD INCOMPASSIONATE.2
INCOMPASSIONATELY, adv. Without pity or tenderness. NWAD INCOMPASSIONATELY.1
INCOMPASSIONATENESS, n. Want of pity. NWAD INCOMPASSIONATENESS.1
INCOMPATIBILITY, n. [from incompatible.] NWAD INCOMPATIBILITY.1
1. Inconsistency; that quality or state of a thing which renders it impossible that it should subsist or be consistent with something else. There is a permanent incompatibility between truth and falsehood. NWAD INCOMPATIBILITY.2
2. Irreconcilable disagreement. During the revolution in France, incompatibility of temper was deemed a sufficient cause for divorcing man and wife. NWAD INCOMPATIBILITY.3
INCOMPATIBLE, a. [L. in and competo, to suit, to be proper or convenient; con and peto, to press toward, to seek, or press on. It was formerly incompetible.] NWAD INCOMPATIBLE.1
1. Inconsistent; that cannot subsist with something else. Thus, truth and falsehood are essentially incompatible, as are virtue and vice. A degree of cold that congeals water is incompatible with vegetation. Dissipation is incompatible with health, reputation and virtue. NWAD INCOMPATIBLE.2
2. Irreconcilably different or disagreeing; incongruous; as incompatible tempers. NWAD INCOMPATIBLE.3
3. Legally or constitutionally inconsistent; that cannot be united in the same person, without violating the law or constitution. By our constitution, the offices of a legislator and of a judge are incompatible, as they cannot be held at the same time by the same person. NWAD INCOMPATIBLE.4
INCOMPATIBLY, adv. Inconsistently; incongruously. NWAD INCOMPATIBLY.1
1. Inability; want of sufficient intellectual powers or talents; as the incompetency of infants or idiots. NWAD INCOMPETENCE.2
2. Want of natural adequate strength of body or of suitable faculties; as the incompetency of the eyes to discern the motions of the heavenly bodies. NWAD INCOMPETENCE.3
3. Want of legal or constitutional qualifications; as the incompetency of a witness. NWAD INCOMPETENCE.4
4. Want of adequate means. NWAD INCOMPETENCE.5
5. Insufficiency; inadequacy; as the incompetency of testimony. NWAD INCOMPETENCE.6
INCOMPETENT, a. [L. in and competens, competo. See Incompatible.] NWAD INCOMPETENT.1
1. Wanting adequate powers of mind or suitable faculties; as an incompetent judge. Infancy, derangement, want of learning or dotage may render a person incompetent to fill an office or to transact business. NWAD INCOMPETENT.2
2. Wanting due strength or suitable faculties; unable. NWAD INCOMPETENT.3
3. Wanting the legal or constitutional qualifications. A person convicted of a crime, is an incompetent witness in a court of law or equity. NWAD INCOMPETENT.4
4. Destitute of means; unable. NWAD INCOMPETENT.5
5. Inadequate; insufficient; as incompetent testimony. NWAD INCOMPETENT.6
6. Unfit; improper; legally unavailable. NWAD INCOMPETENT.7
It is incompetent for the defendant to make this defense. NWAD INCOMPETENT.8
INCOMPETENTLY, adv. Insufficiently; inadequately; not suitably. NWAD INCOMPETENTLY.1
INCOMPLETE, a. [in and complete.] NWAD INCOMPLETE.1
Not finished. The building is incomplete. NWAD INCOMPLETE.2
1. Imperfect; defective. NWAD INCOMPLETE.3
INCOMPLETELY, adv. Imperfectly. NWAD INCOMPLETELY.1
INCOMPLETENESS, n. An unfinished state; imperfectness; defectiveness. NWAD INCOMPLETENESS.1
INCOMPLEX, a. [in and complex.] NWAD INCOMPLEX.1
Not complex; uncompounded; simple. NWAD INCOMPLEX.2
INCOMPLIANCE, n. [in and compliance.] NWAD INCOMPLIANCE.1
1. Defect of compliance; refusal to comply with solicitations. NWAD INCOMPLIANCE.2
2. Untractableness; unyielding temper or constitution. NWAD INCOMPLIANCE.3
Self-conceit produces peevishness and incompliance of humor in things lawful and indifferent. NWAD INCOMPLIANCE.4
INCOMPLIANT, a. [in and compliant.] NWAD INCOMPLIANT.1
Unyielding to request or solicitation; not disposed to comply. NWAD INCOMPLIANT.2
INCOMPOSED, a. [in and composed.] Disordered; disturbed. [But this word is little used. Instead of it we use discomposed.] NWAD INCOMPOSED.1
INCOMPOSITE, a. incom’pozit. [in and composite.] NWAD INCOMPOSITE.1
Uncompounded; simple. NWAD INCOMPOSITE.2
INCOMPOSSIBILITY, n. [in and composible.] NWAD INCOMPOSSIBILITY.1
The quality of not being possible but by the negation or destruction of something; inconsistency with something. [Little used.] NWAD INCOMPOSSIBILITY.2
INCOMPOSSIBLE, a. [in, con, and possible.] Not possible to be or subsist with something else. [This and the preceding word are little used, and can hardly be considered as legitimate English words.] NWAD INCOMPOSSIBLE.1
INCOMPREHENSIBILITY, n. [See the next word.] NWAD INCOMPREHENSIBILITY.1
The quality of being incomprehensible, or beyond the reach of human intellect; inconceivableness. NWAD INCOMPREHENSIBILITY.2
1. That cannot be comprehended or understood; That is beyond the reach of human intellect; inconceivable. The nature of spiritual being is incomprehensible to us, or by us. NWAD INCOMPREHENSIBLE.2
2. Not to be contained. [Little used.] NWAD INCOMPREHENSIBLE.3
INCOMPREHENSIBLENESS, n. Incomprehensibility, which see. NWAD INCOMPREHENSIBLENESS.1
INCOMPREHENSIBLY, adv. In a manner which the human mind cannot comprehend or understand; inconceivably. NWAD INCOMPREHENSIBLY.1
INCOMPREHENSION, n. Want of comprehension or understanding. NWAD INCOMPREHENSION.1
INCOMPREHENSIVE, a. Not comprehensive; not extensive. NWAD INCOMPREHENSIVE.1
INCOMPRESSIBILITY, n. [See Incompressible.] The quality of resisting compression, or of being incapable of reduction by force into a smaller compass. NWAD INCOMPRESSIBILITY.1
INCOMPRESSIBLE, a. [in and compressible.] Not to be compressed; not capable of being reduced by force into a smaller compass; resisting compression. Water is not wholly incompressible. NWAD INCOMPRESSIBLE.1
INCONCEALABLE, a. [in and concealable] NWAD INCONCEALABLE.1
Not concealable; not to be hid or kept secret. NWAD INCONCEALABLE.2
INCONCEIVABLE, a. [in and conceivable.] NWAD INCONCEIVABLE.1
1. That cannot be conceived by the mind; incomprehensible. It is inconceivable to us, how the will acts in producing muscular motion. NWAD INCONCEIVABLE.2
2. That cannot be understood. NWAD INCONCEIVABLE.3
INCONCEIVABLENESS, n. The quality of being inconceivable; incomprehensibility. NWAD INCONCEIVABLENESS.1
INCONCEIVABLY, adv. In a manner beyond comprehension, or beyond the reach of human intellect. NWAD INCONCEIVABLY.1
INCONCEPTIBLE, a. Inconceivable. [Little used.] NWAD INCONCEPTIBLE.1
INCONCINNITY, n. [L. inconcinnitas.] NWAD INCONCINNITY.1
Unsuitableness; want of proportion. NWAD INCONCINNITY.2
INCONCLUDENT, a. [L. in and concludens, concludo, to conclude.] NWAD INCONCLUDENT.1
Not inferring a conclusion or consequence. [Little used.] NWAD INCONCLUDENT.2
INCONCLUDING, a. Inferring no consequence. NWAD INCONCLUDING.1
INCONCLUSIVE, a. [in and conclusive.] Not producing a conclusion; not closing, concluding or settling a point in debate or a doubtful question. An argument or evidence is inconclusive, when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate or doubt. NWAD INCONCLUSIVE.1
INCONCLUSIVELY, adv. Without such evidence as to determine the understanding in regard to truth or falsehood. NWAD INCONCLUSIVELY.1
INCONCLUSIVENESS, n. Want of such evidence as to satisfy the mind of truth or falsehood, and put an end to debate. NWAD INCONCLUSIVENESS.1
INCONCOCT, a. Inconcocted. NWAD INCONCOCT.1
INCONCOCTED, a. [in and concoct.] NWAD INCONCOCTED.1
Not fully digested; not matured; unripened. NWAD INCONCOCTED.2
INCONCOCTION, n. [in and concoction.] NWAD INCONCOCTION.1
The state of being indigested; unripeness; immaturity. NWAD INCONCOCTION.2
INCONCURRING, a. [in and concurring, from concur.] NWAD INCONCURRING.1
Not concurring; not agreeing. NWAD INCONCURRING.2
INCONCUSSIBLE, a. That cannot be shaken. NWAD INCONCUSSIBLE.1
INCONDENSABILITY, n. [See Incondensable.] NWAD INCONDENSABILITY.1
The quality of being not condensable. NWAD INCONDENSABILITY.2
INCONDENSABLE, a. [in and condensable.] NWAD INCONDENSABLE.1
1. Not capable of condensation; that cannot be made more dense or compact. NWAD INCONDENSABLE.2
2. Not to be converted from a state of vapor to a fluid. NWAD INCONDENSABLE.3
INCONDITE, a. [L. inconditus; in and condo, to build.] NWAD INCONDITE.1
Rude; unpolished; irregular. [Little used.] NWAD INCONDITE.2
INCONDITIONAL, a. [in and conditional.] Without any condition, exception or limitation; absolute. [Not now used. See Unconditional.] NWAD INCONDITIONAL.1
INCONDITONATE, a. [in and condition.] NWAD INCONDITONATE.1
Not limited or restrained by conditions; absolute. [Not now used.] NWAD INCONDITONATE.2
INCONFIRMED, for unconfirmed, is not in use. NWAD INCONFIRMED.1
INCONFORMITY, n. [in and conformity.] Want of conformity; incompliance with the practice of others, or with the requisitions of law, rule or custom; non-conformity. [The latter word is more commonly used, especially to express dissent in religion.] NWAD INCONFORMITY.1
INCONFUSED, a. s as z. Not confused; distinct. NWAD INCONFUSED.1
INCONFUSION, n. Distinctness. NWAD INCONFUSION.1
INCONGENIAL, a. [in and congenial.] NWAD INCONGENIAL.1
Not congenial; not of a like nature; unsuitable. NWAD INCONGENIAL.2
INCONGENIALITY, n. Unlikeness of nature; unsuitableness. NWAD INCONGENIALITY.1
INCONGRUENCE, n. [in and congruence.] Want of congruence, adaptation or agreement; unsuitableness. [Little used. We now use incongruity.] NWAD INCONGRUENCE.1
INCONGRUENT, a. Unsuitable; inconsistent. NWAD INCONGRUENT.1
INCONGRUITY, n. [in and congruity.] NWAD INCONGRUITY.1
1. Want of congruity; impropriety; inconsistency; absurdity; unsuitableness of one thing to another. The levity of youth in a grave divine, is deemed an incongruity between manners and profession. NWAD INCONGRUITY.2
2. Disagreement of parts; want of symmetry. NWAD INCONGRUITY.3
INCONGRUOUS, a. [L incongruus.] Not congruous; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper. The dress of a seaman on a judge, would be deemed incongruous with his character and station. NWAD INCONGRUOUS.1
INCONGRUOUSLY, adv. Unsuitably; unfitly; improperly. NWAD INCONGRUOUSLY.1
INCONNECTION, n. [in and connection.] NWAD INCONNECTION.1
Want of connection; loose, disjointed state. NWAD INCONNECTION.2
INCONSCIONABLE, a. Having no sense of good and evil. NWAD INCONSCIONABLE.1
INCONSEQUENCE, n. [L. inconsequentia.] NWAD INCONSEQUENCE.1
Want of just inference; inconclusiveness. NWAD INCONSEQUENCE.2
INCONSEQUENT, a. Not following from the premises; without regular inference; as an inconsequent deduction or argument. NWAD INCONSEQUENT.1
INCONSEQUENTIAL, a. Not regularly following from the premises. NWAD INCONSEQUENTIAL.1
1. Not of consequence; not of importance; of little moment. NWAD INCONSEQUENTIAL.2
INCONSIDERABLE, a. [in and considerable.] Not worthy of consideration or notice; unimportant; small; trivial. We speak of an inconsiderable distance; an inconsiderable quantity or amount; inconsiderable value. No sin is inconsiderable in the sight of a holy God. NWAD INCONSIDERABLE.1
INCONSIDERABLENESS, n. Small importance. NWAD INCONSIDERABLENESS.1
INCONSIDERABLY, adv. In a small degree; to a small amount; very little. NWAD INCONSIDERABLY.1
INCONSIDERACY, n. Thoughtlessness; want of consideration. [Unusual.] NWAD INCONSIDERACY.1
INCONSIDERATE, a. [L. inconsideratus. See Consider.] NWAD INCONSIDERATE.1
1. Not considerate; not attending to the circumstances which regard safety or propriety; hasty; rash; imprudent; careless; thoughtless; heedless; inattentive. The young are generally inconsiderate. NWAD INCONSIDERATE.2
2. Proceeding from heedlessness; rash; as inconsiderate conduct. NWAD INCONSIDERATE.3
3. Not duly regarding; with of, before the subject; as inconsiderate of consequences. NWAD INCONSIDERATE.4
INCONSIDERATELY, adv. Without due consideration or regard to consequences; heedlessly; carelessly; rashly; imprudently. NWAD INCONSIDERATELY.1
INCONSIDERATENESS, n. Want of due regard to consequences; carelessness; thoughtlessness; inadvertence; inattention; imprudence. NWAD INCONSIDERATENESS.1
INCONSIDERATION, n. Want of due consideration; want of thought; inattention to consequences. NWAD INCONSIDERATION.1
1. Such opposition or disagreement as that one proposition infers the negation of the other; such contrariety between things that both cannot subsist together. NWAD INCONSISTENCE.2
There is a perfect inconsistency between that which is of debt and that which is of free gift. NWAD INCONSISTENCE.3
2. Absurdity in argument or narration; argument or narrative where one part destroys the other; self-contradiction. NWAD INCONSISTENCE.4
3. Incongruity; want of agreement or uniformity; as the inconsistency of a man with himself. NWAD INCONSISTENCE.5
4. Unsteadiness; changeableness. NWAD INCONSISTENCE.6
INCONSISTENT, a. Incompatible; incongruous; not suitable. Loud laughter in grave company is inconsistent with good breeding. Habitual gloom is inconsistent with health and happiness. NWAD INCONSISTENT.1
1. Not consistent; contrary, so that one infers the negation or destruction of the other; or so that the truth of one proves the other to be false. Two covenants, one that a man shall have an estate in fee, and the other that he shall hold it for years, are inconsistent. NWAD INCONSISTENT.2
2. Not uniform; being contrary at different times. Men are sometimes inconsistent with themselves. NWAD INCONSISTENT.3
INCONSISTENTLY, adv. With absurdity; incongruously; with self-contradiction; without steadiness or uniformity. NWAD INCONSISTENTLY.1
INCONSISTENTNESS, n. Inconsistency. [Not in use.] NWAD INCONSISTENTNESS.1
INCONSISTING, a. Inconsistent. [Not used.] NWAD INCONSISTING.1
INCONSOLABLE, a. [in and consolable.] Not to be consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort. NWAD INCONSOLABLE.1
INCONSOLABLY, adv. In a matter or degree that does not admit of consolation. NWAD INCONSOLABLY.1
INCONSONANCE, n. Disagreement of sounds; discordance. NWAD INCONSONANCE.1
INCONSONANCY, n. [in and consonancy.] Disagreement; inconsistency. In music, disagreement of sounds; discordance. NWAD INCONSONANCY.1
INCONSONANT, a. Not agreeing; inconsistent; discordant. NWAD INCONSONANT.1
INCONSPICUOUS, a. [in and conspicuous.] NWAD INCONSPICUOUS.1
1. Not discernible; not to be perceived by the sight. NWAD INCONSPICUOUS.2
2. Not conspicuous. NWAD INCONSPICUOUS.3
INCONSTANCY, n. [L. inconstantia. See Constancy.] NWAD INCONSTANCY.1
1. Mutability or instability of temper or affection; unsteadiness; fickleness. NWAD INCONSTANCY.2
2. Want of uniformity; dissimilitude. NWAD INCONSTANCY.3
INCONSTANT, a. [L. inconstans.] NWAD INCONSTANT.1
1. Mutable; subject to change of opinion, inclination or purpose; not firm in resolution; unsteady; fickle; used of persons; an inconstant in love or friendship. NWAD INCONSTANT.2
2. Mutable; changeable; variable; used of things. NWAD INCONSTANT.3