anomalousness

noun

Definition of anomalousnessnext
as in incompatibility

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  1. incompatibility
  2. dichotomy
  3. incongruity
  4. incongruence
  5. variance
  6. nonconformity
  7. inequality
  8. imbalance
Noun
  • Most of these users will not have the skills or expertise to navigate a risky upgrade path, a potential need to reverse, or note the signs of an incompatibility issue that drops them off security support.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Relationship experts weigh in, offering a guide to recognizing behaviors that might signal incompatibility or potential problems.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of incompatibility
Noun
  • Yet that dichotomy — between his breezy, happy-go-lucky self and the tsunamis of panic that threaten to overwhelm and sabotage his life — is exactly what many people experience when contending with anxiety: living with an ever-present threat that lurks below the surface.
    Gloria L. Huang, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Georgia’s entire passing game, in fact, is a dichotomy.
    Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of dichotomy
Noun
  • The incongruity of profit maximization was brought to public attention in the UK recently, as the scale of river pollution from water utility companies becomes ever more apparent.
    Aissa Dearing, JSTOR Daily, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The incongruity between Buckley’s lapidary political views and his untidy appearance was simply too much for the letter writer to square.
    Andrew Ferguson, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of incongruity
Noun
  • The visual incongruence creates a sense of claustrophobia—for both Alice and the viewers—as though the entire house is closing in on her.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
  • The tricky room of architectural incongruences also features a brass bed by Worthen, a wall of smoked mirror with rosettes to enhance the natural light, and Romo curtains.
    Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of incongruence
Noun
  • However, your winning odds depend on various variants, such as the game’s RTP, volatility, variance, paytable and bonus rounds.
    Matthew Gover, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Some scientists have argued that such potential challenges to the cosmological principle might be explained by another principle, cosmic variance, which refers to the statistical uncertainty inherent in astronomers’ measurements of the universe.
    Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of variance
Noun
  • This demand for nonconformity reflects a broader narrative rooted in American history, where risk-taking and resilience have been essential to the nation’s identity.
    Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The nonconformity factor produced a surprisingly realistic result.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of nonconformity
Noun
  • The leaders of the French Revolution faced a failing regime that was burdened by debt and increasingly unpopular—and not just with those who suffered from its inequalities but also among the aristocrats who had benefited from it.
    Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The new law, aimed at addressing income inequality, has generated debate over how cities can balance fair wages for workers with the financial realities of running small businesses.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of inequality
Noun
  • An imbalance in railroad capacity in Bangladesh may pose a problem for cargo transportation throughout the country in the coming months as a current pileup could roll into Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr in March.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 Jan. 2025
  • On the other hand, America’s current budget imbalance has no end in sight.
    Andrew Tisch, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of imbalance
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