incoherence.

A lack of clear organization or meaningful connection among the parts of speech, writing or an argument.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• logical incoherence
• incoherence of an account

On the page

The argument’s incoherence arose from premises that shifted between incompatible definitions.

The editor distinguished stylistic awkwardness from actual incoherence in the reasoning.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Usually uncountable; use a plural for distinct instances or types only where natural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evidence, argumentation, evaluation, qualification. Disciplines: reasoning, research, essay writing. Commonness: moderately common.