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discrepant

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dis·crep·ant  (d-skrpnt)
adj.
Marked by discrepancy; disagreeing.

[Middle English discrepaunt, from Latin discrepns, discrepant-, present participle of discrepre, to disagree : dis-, apart; see dis- + crepre, to rattle.]

dis·crepant·ly adv.

discrepant [dɪˈskrɛpənt]
adj
inconsistent; conflicting; at variance
[from Latin discrepāns, from discrepāre to differ in sound, from dis-1 + crepāre to be noisy]
discrepantly  adv
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Adj.1.discrepant - not compatible with other facts
inconsistent - displaying a lack of consistency; "inconsistent statements cannot both be true at the same time"; "inconsistent with the roadmap"
2.discrepant - not in agreement
incongruous - lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness; "a plan incongruous with reason"; "incongruous behavior"; "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation"
3.discrepant - not in accord; "desires at variance with his duty"; "widely discrepant statements"
discordant - not in agreement or harmony; "views discordant with present-day ideas"


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In such a novel intermixture, however, of men born and nurtured in freedom, and the compliant minions of absolute power, the catholic and the protestant, the active and the indolent, some little time was necessary to blend the discrepant elements of society.
 
 
 
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