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Definition of Discrepant

1. Adjective. Not compatible with other facts.

2. Adjective. Not in agreement.

3. Adjective. Not in accord. "Widely discrepant statements"

Definition of Discrepant

1. a. Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different.

2. n. A dissident.

Definition of Discrepant

1. Adjective. Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Discrepant

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Discrepant

discredited discrediting discreditor discreditors discredits discreet discreeter discreetest discreetly discreetness

discreetnesses discrepance discrepances discrepancies discrepancy discrepant (current term) discrepantly discrete discrete Fourier transform discrete Fourier transforms

discrete character discrete choice analysis discrete component discrete components discrete math discrete mathematics discrete metric discrete random variable discrete set discrete smallpox

Literary usage of Discrepant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Self-Neglect Among the Elderly: Maintaining Continuity of Self by Susanna D. Bozinovski (1998)
"Awareness of discrepant situational définitions Clients, as is the case with most persons, are attuned to congruency hi situational definitions. ..."

2. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1868)
"discrepant Criminal Statistics. THE Manchester City Council recently appointed a sub-committee to investigate the principles upon which the criminal returns ..."

3. The Principles and practice of obstetrics by Gunning S. Bedford (1869)
"The true Meaning of the Term Puerperal State—Divisions of Puerperal Fever—Epidemic and Sporadic—Is it contagious : discrepant Views ; Proofs that it is a ..."

4. Memoirs of Libraries: Including a Handbook of Library Economy by Edward Edwards (1859)
"Of those singularly discrepant accounts of the extent of public Libraries, at nearly the same period of time, which so greatly increase the difficulty of ..."

5. The Spas of England, and Principal Sea-bathing Places by Augustus Bozzi Granville (1841)
"Examination of Tenbury Well by the Author—Its Geology—Experiments—Taste and other Characters of the Water—discrepant Analyses—A Fresh One Recommended and ..."

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