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incommensurate
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in·com·men·su·rate  (nk-mnsr-t, -shr-)
adj.
1.
a. Not commensurate; disproportionate: a reward incommensurate with their efforts.
b. Inadequate.
2. Incommensurable.
incom·mensu·rate·ly adv.
incom·mensu·rate·ness n.
incommensurate
Adjective
1. inadequate or disproportionate: gains incommensurate with the risk involved
2. incommensurable
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Adj.1.incommensurate - not corresponding in size or degree or extent; "a reward incommensurate with his effort"
unequal - poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure
commensurate - corresponding in size or degree or extent; "pay should be commensurate with the time worked"
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The specific character of a religious tradition helps us understand the incommensurateness of religious traditions.
Introducing Theologies of Religions by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal
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There are other works in which low and high are starkly juxtaposed to convey an incommensurateness that is genuinely cosmopolitan.
Josef Breitenbach by Kuspit, Donald / Artforum International
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