Both Uses of
incongruous
in
Catch-22
- There were strands of enlisted men molded in a curve around the three officers, as inflexible as lumps of wood, and four idle gravediggers in streaked fatigues lounging indifferently on spades near the shocking, incongruous heap of loose copperred earth.†
Chpt 24 *
- The measured, labored, evocative scrape of iron shovel against concrete made his flesh crawl with terror as he stepped from the curb to cross the ominous alley and hurried onward until the haunting, incongruous noise had been left behind.†
Chpt 39
Definition:
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(incongruous) out of place; or lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness