noncoherent

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adjective

Not coherent

OriginEnglish coherent ← Middle French coherent ← Latin cohaerēns →
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Meanings

adjectivenoncoherent (not comparable)

alternative non-coherent

  1. not comparableNot coherent

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  16. Proto-Italic*kom
  17. Proto-Italic*kom-
  18. Latincon-
  19. Latinhaereō
  20. Latincohaereō
  21. Latincohaerēns
  22. Middle Frenchcoherent
  23. Englishcoherent
  24. Englishnoncoherent

From non- + coherent.

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APA

noncoherent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncoherent

MLA

“noncoherent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncoherent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noncoherent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncoherent.

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