incoordinate

or in·co-or·di·nate

[ in-koh-awr-dn-it ]

adjective

1. not coordinate; not coordinated.

incoordinate

/ ˌɪnkəʊˈɔːdɪnɪt /

adjective

1. not coordinate; unequal in rank, order, or importance
2. uncoordinated

Word History and Origins

Origin of incoordinate¹

First recorded in 1885–90; in- ³ + coordinate

Example Sentences

In such cases, it may be that another underlying problem, such as “incoordinate contractions”, is causing both the pouches to form and the pain.

From The Guardian

Albert's spasms were mercifully short, but when the Zark was finished, he lay unconscious on the floor, his body twitching with incoordinate spasms, while a frightened guard called in an alarm to the medics.

From Project Gutenberg

Attempts to swallow in such a case are so incoordinate that they give rise frequently to violent fits of choking, which distress the child and produce resistance and struggling, while at the same time they alarm the mother or nurse so much that further attempts to encourage the taking of solid food are hastily and for a long time abandoned.

From Project Gutenberg

It receives and registers impressions that are seemingly incoordinate; then of a sudden each cog slips into place and the perfection of a belief, of an opinion, of a desire, even of a most momentous discovery, is attained.

From Project Gutenberg

A moment before, he had been a pitiful figure, face distraught, hands incoherent, the whole body incoordinate, but if eyes might have rested upon him as he answered his wife they would have seen a strange thing; he sat, apparently steady and collected, his expression cool, his body quiet, poised exactly to the quality of his reply, for the same strange reason that a young girl smiles archly and coquettes to a telephone.

From Project Gutenberg