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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNCONFORMABLE

a.Not consistent; not agreeable; not conforming. Moral evil is an action unconformable to the rule of our duty.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNCONFORMABLE

UNCONFORMABLE Un `con *form "a *ble, a.

1. Not conformable; not agreeable; not conforming. Moral evil is an action unconformable to it [the rule of our duty ]. I. Watts.

2. (Geol.)

Defn: Not conformable; not lying in a parallel position; as, unconformable strata. -- Un `con *form "a *ble *ness, n. -- Un `con *form "a *bly, adv.

New American Oxford Dictionary

unconformable

un con form a ble |ˌənkənˈfôrməbəl ˌənkənˈfɔrməbəl | ▶adjective Geology (of rock strata in contact ) marking a discontinuity in the geological record, and typically not having the same direction of stratification. DERIVATIVES un com form a bly |-blē |adverb

Oxford Dictionary

unconformable

un |con ¦form |able |ʌnkənˈfɔːməb (ə )l | ▶adjective Geology (of rock strata in contact ) marking a discontinuity in the geological record, and typically not having the same direction of stratification. DERIVATIVES unconformably adverb