incommensurate.

Not proportionate or suitably matched in scale or degree.

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Words that belong together

• incommensurate with effort
• incommensurate rewards

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The compensation was incommensurate with the risk.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Comparative more incommensurate; superlative most incommensurate when comparison is meaningful. 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: analysis, evaluation. Commonness: uncommon.