incoordination

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noun

Lack of coordination, especially in terms of muscle control.

Opposite
coordination
OriginEnglish coordination ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

nounincoordination (countable and uncountable, plural incoordinations)

plural incoordinations

  1. countableuncountablemedicineLack of coordination, especially in terms of muscle control.

    Charcot later gave the classical picture of incoordination, tremor and nystagmus.

    1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 527

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
coordination

nouna lack of coordination of movements

Opposite
coordination
Broader
unskillfulness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishcoordination
  8. Englishincoordination

From in- + coordination.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with incoordination

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Cite this entry
APA

incoordination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incoordination

MLA

“incoordination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incoordination. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incoordination,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incoordination.

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