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incongruity: the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate

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antinomy collapse: a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable

uselessness collapse

dissimilarity collapse: the quality of being dissimilar

oxymoron collapse: conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')

paradox collapse: (logic) a statement that contradicts itself; "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false"

asymmetry collapse: (mathematics) a lack of symmetry

far cry collapse: a disappointing disparity; "it was a far cry from what he had expected"; distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry; "it's a far cry from here"

self-contradiction collapse: contradicting yourself

inaptitude collapse: a lack of aptitude

unreasonableness collapse

dissonance collapse: disagreeable sounds

originality collapse: the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else); the ability to think and act independently

discrepancy collapse: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"; an event that departs from expectations

ambivalence collapse: mixed feelings or emotions

noncompliance collapse

nonobservance collapse: a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.

disproportion collapse: lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something

ambiguity collapse: unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning; an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context

hilarity collapse: great merriment

separateness collapse: political independence; "seeking complete political separateness for Taiwan"

solecism collapse

heresy collapse: a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion

irrationality collapse: the state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding

variance collapse: an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation); "a zoning variance"; the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value

ineptitude collapse

incompatibility collapse: the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination; the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time; (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)

futility collapse: uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result

inappropriateness collapse: the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting; "he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person"; "his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness"; inappropriate conduct

oddity collapse: a strange attitude or habit; eccentricity that is not easily explained

variegation collapse: variability in coloration

unorthodoxy collapse: the quality of being unorthodox; any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

disparity collapse: inequality or difference in some respect

inequality collapse: lack of equality; "the growing inequality between rich and poor"

discord collapse: strife resulting from a lack of agreement; disagreement among those expected to cooperate; lack of agreement or harmony

antagonism collapse: (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure; an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility; the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors; "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism"

recalcitrance collapse

unsuitability collapse: the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose

infelicity collapse: inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)

disaccord collapse

inconsistency collapse: the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts

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