incommensurate

[ in-kuh-men-ser-it, -sher- ]

/ ˌɪn kəˈmɛn sər ɪt, -ʃər- /

not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.

Origin of incommensurate

First recorded in 1640–50; in-³ + commensurate

in·com·men·su·rate·ly, adverb in·com·men·su·rate·ness, noun

That he should waste his forces on objects so incommensurate with their extent proves how little he was qualified to wield them.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 5 |Various
Small wonder, that is to say wonder not incommensurate with the general wonder of the whole process.

The Natural Philosophy of Love |Remy de Gourmont
Official data on manpower and employment in agriculture are incomplete and incommensurate.

Area Handbook for Bulgaria |Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
It is only in their underlying network of causes that they are dissimilar and incommensurate.

A Book of Prefaces |H. L. Mencken

The whole question seems to be incommensurate to our faculties.

Thoughts on Man |William Godwin

incommensurate

/ (ˌɪnkəˈmɛnʃərɪt) /

(when postpositive, often foll by with) not commensurate; disproportionate

incommensurable

incommensurately, adverb incommensurateness, noun