discrepant

American  

[dih-skrep-uhnt] / dɪˈskrɛp ənt /

adjective

1. (usually of two or more objects, accounts, findings etc.) differing; disagreeing; inconsistent.

   discrepant accounts.

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Other Word Forms

• discrepantly adverb
• self-discrepant adjective
• self-discrepantly adverb

Etymology

Origin of discrepant

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin discrepant- (stem of discrepāns ), present participle of discrepāre to sound discordant, equivalent to dis- dis- ¹ + crepāre to crack, creak; -ant

Example Sentences

These discrepant views—these concepts of penguins—are the kind of information researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, elicited from participants in a study that was published last month.

From Scientific American • Apr. 25, 2023

To help him analyze the precious score’s two discrepant versions, Bern enlists the wisecracking, decoding mastermind Eboni Washington, who digitizes and cross-analyzes all the musical data.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

The lab’s accreditation agency and the Forensic Investigation Council, an independent agency that oversees Washington’s forensic lab operations and policies, also have been kept apprised of discrepant results, Loftis added.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2021

I guess my question is have you ever worked on something where the feeling of the world to the audience was just completely discrepant with the feeling of making it?

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2016

Haeckel's facile method of constructing genealogical trees, which ignores difficulties and discrepant facts, has met with much criticism and ridicule even among Darwinians.

From Naturalism And Religion by Otto, Rudolf