Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
not corresponding in size or degree or extent;
- Example: "a reward incommensurate with his effort"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Incommensurate \In`com*men"su*rate\, a.
1. Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure;
incommensurable.
[1913 Webster]
2. Not of equal of sufficient measure or extent; not
adequate; as, our means are incommensurate to our wants.
Syn: Inadequate; insufficient; disproportionate. --
In`com*men"su*rate*ly, adv. --
In`com*men"su*rate*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
incommensurate
adj 1: not corresponding in size or degree or extent; "a reward
incommensurate with his effort" [ant: commensurate]