Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not cohesive; not cohering.

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  • adjective Not cohesive.

Etymologies

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in- +‎ cohesive

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  • Your review is rather incohesive and considering this is one of the best films of the year so far, you're not really doing it much justice. blog comments powered by Disqus publicola nerds

    A Sympathetic Murderer « PubliCola 2010

  • I'm finding season 6 to be an incohesive mess, with little apparent "through line" when it comes to plot and characterization, and disappointing underuse of both Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins.

    Ask Matt: Supernatural, USA vs. NBC, Lights Out, Nikita, Criminal Minds and More! 2011

  • Left neglected in a Swedish TV station's cellar for 30 years, it was discovered by documentary filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson who conceptualized the linking of the sparse and seemingly incohesive material of the movement with amazingly shot intimate b-roll of children playing in defunct playgrounds, commentary from Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli, John Forte and other "socially conscious" artists, looped to a sweet soundtrack crafted by none-other than ?

    Naima Ramos-Chapman: 'The Black Power Mixtape': Who's Telling You Your Stories? Naima Ramos-Chapman 2011

  • Left neglected in a Swedish TV station's cellar for 30 years, it was discovered by documentary filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson who conceptualized the linking of the sparse and seemingly incohesive material of the movement with amazingly shot intimate b-roll of children playing in defunct playgrounds, commentary from Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli, John Forte and other "socially conscious" artists, looped to a sweet soundtrack crafted by none-other than ?

    Naima Ramos-Chapman: 'The Black Power Mixtape': Who's Telling You Your Stories? Naima Ramos-Chapman 2011

  • Unfortunately, I found the collection incohesive and disappointing save the last essay.

    Book Review: Wings & Dreams: 4 Elements of a New Feminism « Gender Across Borders 2010

  • Some of the later parts seemed a little incohesive, as if bits had been missed out of the story.

    Archive 2008-04-01 tenshi_a 2008

  • As we have heard from the analysts on both sides for much of the last month (and they are not wrong), this year we saw "the perfect storm" hit the Republican party in almost every conceivable way: war, economic crisis, the least popular president in history, a Republican candidate having difficulty in his own party, a nasty and incohesive campaign and perhaps the worst choice in a VP running mate ever presented.

    Laurel Kaufer: The Morning After 2008

  • Some of the later parts seemed a little incohesive, as if bits had been missed out of the story.

    Tekkaman The Space Knight tenshi_a 2008

  • The Persian array was a vast conglomeration of incohesive elements, imposing in aspect but weak in determined battle: the army which Bragg was to meet was composed of patriotic volunteers, every man impelled by a thorough belief in the righteousness of his cause.

    Reminiscences of the Civil War 1904

  • The imperceptible and incohesive elements that swim the airy seas, or sleep in their gulfs, or linger in space, are in harmony with the plan of God and the scope of creation.

    Autobiography, sermons, addresses, and essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D., 1898

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