1. lack of harmony, elegance, or appropriateness in style or arrangement
Usage: formal; literary

Examples

• The inconcinnity of the building’s design made it stand out awkwardly among the classical structures.
• Critics noted the inconcinnity between the author’s lofty themes and crude language.
• The speech suffered from an inconcinnity that made it difficult to follow.
• The decorator worked to eliminate any inconcinnity in the room’s arrangement.
• His writing style was marked by an unfortunate inconcinnity of tone.
• The inconcinnity of mixing formal and casual elements weakened the presentation.