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incommensurate

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ ได้สัดส่วน  ซึ่ง ไม่ เพียงพอ กับ  ซึ่ง เทียบ ไม่ได้  disproportionate proportionate sueng-mai-dai-sad-suan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INCOMMENSURATE

a.[in and commensurate. ] 1. Not admitting of a common measure.
2. Not of equal measure or extent; not adequate. Our means are incommensurate to our wants.

 

INCOMMENSURATELY

adv. Not in equal or due measure or proportion.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INCOMMENSURATE

INCOMMENSURATE In `com *men "su *rate, a.

 

1. Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure; incommensurable.

 

2. Not of equal of sufficient measure or extent; not adequate; as, our means are incommensurate to our wants.

 

Syn. -- Inadequate; insufficient; disproportionate. -- In `com *men "su *rate *ly, adv. -- In `com *men "su *rate *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

incommensurate

in com men su rate |ˌinkəˈmensərit, -SHə -ˈˌɪnkəˈmɛnʃ (ə )rət | adjective 1 [ predic. ] (incommensurate with ) out of keeping or proportion with: man's influence on the earth's surface seems incommensurate with his scale. 2 another term for incommensurable ( sense 1 of the adjective ). DERIVATIVES in com men su rate ly adverb, in com men su rate ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

incommensurate

incommensurate |ˌɪnkəˈmɛnʃ (ə )rət, -sjə -| adjective 1 (incommensurate with ) out of keeping or proportion with: man's influence on the earth's surface seems incommensurate with his scale. 2 another term for incommensurable ( sense 1 of the adjective ). DERIVATIVES incommensurately adverb, incommensurateness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

incommensurate

incommensurate adjective See disproportionate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

incommensurate

incommensurate adjective the penalty is incommensurate with his crime: out of proportion to, not in proportion to, disproportionate to, relatively too large /small for, not appropriate for; out of keeping with, at odds with; insufficient, inadequate; excessive, inordinate, unreasonable, uncalled for, undue, unfair. ANTONYMS proportional.