adverb
- in a way that cannot be measured or compared by a common standard; to a degree that is impossible to assess or match
Usage: formal; often used in philosophical or mathematical contexts
Examples
- The two theories are incommensurably different in their fundamental assumptions.
- Her talent for music was incommensurably greater than that of her peers.
- The ancient and modern approaches to the problem are incommensurably distinct.
- The value of education is incommensurably important to society.
- These two measurement systems are incommensurably based on different principles.