English dictionary: words starting with incom

adjective

(especially of a building material or component) consisting or made of material that does not burn if exposed to fire.

Usage examples:

An incombustible floor construction

noun

Money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments.

Usage examples:

He has a nice home and an adequate income

noun

A person who has come to live in an area in which they have not grown up, especially in a close-knit rural community.

Usage examples:

An english incomer to orkney

combining form

Denoting a person with a specified level of income.

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Middle-incomer

noun

A person who has come to live in an area in which they have not grown up, especially in a close-knit rural community.

Usage examples:

An english incomer to orkney

noun

Money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments.

Usage examples:

He has a nice home and an adequate income

adjective

In the process of coming in.

Usage examples:

Incoming passengers

plural noun

Revenue; income.

Usage examples:

Keep an account of your incomings and outgoings

adjective

In the process of coming in.

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Incoming passengers

plural noun

Revenue; income.

Usage examples:

Keep an account of your incomings and outgoings

noun

→  income

Usage examples:

The balance between incomings and outgoings every month should be maintained in order to meet the b…

adjective

Not able to be judged by the same standards; having no common standard of measurement.

Usage examples:

The two types of science are incommensurable and thus cannot be integrated

noun

An incommensurable quantity.

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Anaxagoras and the followers of pythagoras, with their development of incommensurables, are also th…

adjective

Out of keeping or proportion with.

Usage examples:

Man's influence on the earth's surface seems incommensurate with his scale

verb

Inconvenience (someone).

Usage examples:

They are incommoded by the traffic

verb

Inconvenience (someone).

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They are incommoded by the traffic

verb

Inconvenience (someone).

Usage examples:

They are incommoded by the traffic

verb

Inconvenience (someone).

Usage examples:

They are incommoded by the traffic

adjective

Causing inconvenience or discomfort.

Usage examples:

Be careful this incommodious fate does not befall you.

adjective

Not able to be communicated to others.

Usage examples:

The pain of separation took the form of an incommunicable depression

adjective

Not able, wanting, or allowed to communicate with other people.

Usage examples:

They were separated and detained incommunicado

adjective

Another term for uncommunicative.

Usage examples:

The incommunicative state we enter in front of a screen

adjective

Not capable of being changed or exchanged.

Usage examples:

He has always known god's judgment to be immutable, incommutable.

adjective

Without an equal in quality or extent; matchless.

Usage examples:

The incomparable beauty of venice

adverb

Immeasurably; by far.

Usage examples:

This beach is incomparably superior to the others on the island

noun

The condition of two things being so different in nature as to be incapable of coexisting.

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Genetic incompatibility

noun

The condition of two things being so different in nature as to be incapable of coexisting.

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Genetic incompatibility

adjective

(of two things) so different in nature as to be incapable of coexisting.

Usage examples:

She declined the offer because it was incompatible with her values

noun

Inability to do something successfully; ineptitude.

Usage examples:

Allegations of professional incompetence

adjective

Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully.

Usage examples:

A forgetful and utterly incompetent assistant

noun

An incompetent person.

Usage examples:

The tanker captain was a known incompetent