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IMPROPER - INCONCEIVABLE

IMPROPER - adjectives
• FIE-FIE improper, of improper character ...19C sl.
• PAH nasty; hence, improper, unbecoming ...a1654
• SAUCY improper; indecent ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• UNCONABLE † improper, unbefitting ...a1340
• UNDAINTY unbecoming, improper ...1911 Sc.
• UNPROPER improper; indecent ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
IMPROPER - nouns
• UNCUNNE † improper conduct ...c1200
• WRONGO something wrong or improper; an error, a lie, a misstatement, etc. ...1937 Amer. sl.
 
IMPROPERLY - adverbs
• ABUSEFULLY †* in an abusive manner; abusively; improperly ...1656
• FALSE † improperly, wrongly ...1596 obs. or arch.
• IMPERTINENTLY † inappropriately, incongruously, in a way contrary to reason, good sense, or propriety; improperly, unbecomingly ...1640
• UNCOMELILY † improperly, unduly ...1561
• UNCONABLY † in an unseemly manner; unfittingly; improperly, unduly ...a1340
 
IMPROVE - adjectives
• ALTERING likely to improve ...1875 Eng. dial.
 
IMPROVE - verbs
• BATTEN to grow better, or improve in condition; of animals esp., to improve in bodily condition by feeding, to feed to advantage, to thrive, to grow fat ...1591
• BOW UP to improve ...1939 Amer. dial.
• GATHER UP ONE'S CRUMBS † to 'pick up' or recover one's strength or health; to improve in condition ...1588 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LICK THY CALF to improve or repair work that has been imperfectly or badly done ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• MAKE A SCRATCH to improve one's status ...1930s sl.
• MAKE ONE'S ALLEY GOOD to exploit a situation; to improve one's position ...1924 Aust.
• MEGGAR to improve, to get better; to recover from an illness, etc.; to get over an illness ...1856 Eng. dial.
• MELIORATE to make better, to improve, to ameliorate; to grow better ...a1552
• MENSE to make up for; to amend, to improve ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PARLAY to improve one's position, esp. by taking what one already has, material or otherwise ...E19 sl., orig. US
• RAGOO † to give piquancy or variety to; to enrich or improve ...1749
• RAGOUT † to give piquancy or variety to; to enrich or improve ...1749
• RAIL † to improve in condition ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKE UP to improve in health or character ...1883 Sc.
• TICKLE to touch up; to improve or decorate with light touches ...1845
• UP to improve, to boost; to promote ...1950s sl., orig. US
 
IMPROVED - adjectives
• UNBETTERABLE incapable of being improved ...1806
• WELL-MENDED of an ill person: improved in health ...20C Ireland
 
IMPROVEMENT - nouns
• BETTERMENT improvement ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BOTE OF BEAM † remedy, improvement, restoration ...1330
• MENDATION amendment, improvement ...1844 Eng. dial.
• MENDMENT amendment, improvement ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MENDS improvement, cure; amelioration of conduct, health, etc. ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFFER promise, hopes, prospect of improvement ...1953 Sc.
 
IMPROVIDENT - adjectives
• MALEGERENT †* ill-behaving, unthrifty, improvident ...1727
 
IMPROVIDENT - phrases
• COME DAY, GO DAY applied to an improvident person who spends all and saves nothing ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
 
IMPROVING - adjectives
• IMPROVATORY of improving nature or tendency ...1835 nonce word
• ON THE GAIN in the process of recuperating or improving ...1850 Amer. dial.
• ON THE MAKE improving one's status or situation; rising in position or influence; succeeding in one's business or vocation ...1864 Amer. colloq.
• ON THE MENDING HAND improving, recovering health; recovering from sickness or injury; convalescent ...1675 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• ON THE MENDING ROAD improving, recovering health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON THE MENDING SIDE improving, recovering health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON THE MENDING WAY improving, recovering health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
IMPROVISE - nouns
• DANCE AROUND to improvise, etc., in order to avoid a question or issue ...1970s Amer. sl.
• REACH-ME-DOWN anything improvised ...1923 colloq.
 
IMPROVISE - verbs
• FAKE to improvise words or music; to ad-lib ...1889 sl., orig. theatrical usage
• FAKE A LINE to improvise a speech ...c1860 theatrical usage
• FAKE IT to improvise words or music; to ad-lib ...1889 sl., orig. theatrical usage
• HETCHEL UP to improvise hastily; to put something together in a hurry; to find something to more or less suit an immediate need ...1950 Amer. dial.
• KLUDGE to improvise with a poorly matched part or parts ...1962 sl., orig. US
• KLUGE to improvise with a poorly matched part or parts ...1962 sl., orig. US
 
IMPROVISED - adjectives
• POOR BOY cheap, makeshift, improvised ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SNAPPER-RIGGED improvised; repaired in a makeshift fashion ...2002 Can sl., orig. nautical
 
IMPRUDENT - adjectives
• GAIPY rash, foolish, imprudent ...1929 Sc.
• GAPPY rash, foolish, imprudent ...1929 Sc.
• UNADVISING † imprudent ...1721
• UNAVISY †* not well-advised, imprudent ...c1420
• UNCANNY giddy, careless, incautious, imprudent ...1638 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNCIRCUMSPECT of persons: not cautious, imprudent, unwary ...1502
• WARELESS † unwary, incautious, imprudent ...1562
 
IMPUDENCE - nouns
• ACID cheek; impudence, heavy sarcasm ...1910s sl.
• ARSE boldness, gall, gumption. impudence; hence, luck as a result of this ...c1940 Aust. sl.
• BACKCHAT impudent replies; backtalk; answering back in an insolent manner ...1901 UK sl., orig. military
• BACK-JAW impudence; abusive language ...1932 Sc.
• BALDERDASH filthy or obscene talk or writing; impudent language; abuse ...1715 Eng. dial.
• BRASS audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence ...1682
• BRASS NECK audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence ...1984 sl.
• CHAT cheek, impudence ...L19 sl.
• CHEEK impudent talk; audacity; effrontery ...1840 sl.
• CHIN MUSIC talk, esp. impudent talk ...1821 Amer. sl.
• CHUTZBAH impudence; audacity, effrontery ...1853 Yiddish
• CHUTZPA impudence; audacity, effrontery ...1853 Yiddish
• CHUTZPAH impudence; audacity, effrontery ...1853 Yiddish
• FAAS impudence, cheek ...1930s W. Indies sl.
• FAASTINESS rudeness, impudence ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• FACE audacity, impudence ...17C US sl.
• FACETYNESS impudence ...1940s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• FACIAL AREA audacity, impudence ...17C US sl.
• FASS impudence, cheek ...20C W. Indies sl.
• FRONT effrontery, impudence ...M17
• GALL impudence, arrogance, self-possession, brazen assurance ...1882 orig. US sl.
• HAWBAW impudence; pert, saucy speaking ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HIDE impudence, effrontery, nerve ...E20 chiefly Aust. & NZ
• HUTZPA unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall ...1890 sl.
• HUTZPAH unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall ...1890 sl.
• ILL-GAB insolent, impudent language; the power to use such language ...Bk1905 Sc.
• IMPERANCE impertinence; impudence ...1766 sl.
• IMPERENCE impudence ...1837 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IMPITTENCE impudence, impertinence, forwardness ...1896 Eng. dial.
• IMPURENCE impudence ...1766
• INSURANCE assurance, great boldness, impudence ...1893 Amer. dial.
• JAVER idle talk; bold, assuming talk; impudence ...1869 Eng. dial.
• JAW cheeky or impudent talk; also, a talk, a speech, a lecture, an address ...1748
• LIP impudent talk ...1821 sl.
• MALAPERTNESS † the quality of being presumptuous; impudence, sauciness ...1430-40 obs. exc. arch.
• MOXIE courage, impudence, ability ...1930s sl.
• NASH impudent or caustic talk, biting remarks ...1791 Sc.
• NASH-GAB garrulous or impudent talk ...1816 Sc.
• NASHIN impudent or caustic talk ...1923 Sc.
• NERVE audacity, effrontery, impudence, cheek ...1887
• OBRAVE an act of impudence or effrontery ...1894 Eng. dial.
• OLD BUCK impudence, cheek; gossip; abuse ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONCE A WEEK cheek, impudence, audacity ...20C rhyming sl.
• PROCACITY * forwardness, petulance, sauciness, pertness, impudence ...1621
• RAG-SAUCE chatter; impudence ...c1840 sl.
• SAS impudent talk ...1835 US sl.
• SASS sauciness, impertinence, cheek; impudent talk ...1835 N. Amer. colloq.
• SAUCE cheek, impudence ...L16
• TASH saucy, pert speech; impudence ...1815 Sc.
 
IMPUDENCE - verbs
• CHEEK to display or act with impudence ...1900 Amer. dial.
• FACE OUT to overcome someone with coolness, effrontery, or impudence; to face down ...1533
• HAVE A FACE FOR OUGHT to have assurance or impudence enough for anything ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAVE A NECK to show impudence or presumption ...1895 Eng. dial.
 
IMPUDENT - adjectives
• BAIRSE impertinent, impudent ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANDY impudent; obstinate ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIGETY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BIGGEDY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BIGGETY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BIGGITY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1880 Amer. dial.
• BIGGOTY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BIGIFIED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, egotistic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BIGOTED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, haughty ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BRAISANT brazened; impudent, bold; hardened, shameless ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COCKAPERT † impudent, saucy ...1556
• DACIOUS impudent, rude ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EFFRONTUOUS †* characterized by effrontery, impudent ...a1734
• FAASTIE rude, impertinent, impudent ...1950s W. Indies & Jamaica usage
• FACETY cheeky, impudent, rude, arrogant ...1943 W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• FACEY cheeky, rude, impudent ...E17
• FACIE impudent, cheeky ...1825 Sc.
• FACY † cheeky, rude, impudent ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FACY-GATE impudent, brazen-faced ..Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAST forward, impulsive, prone to rashness; cheeky, rude, impudent, impertinent ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FASTY rude, impertinent, impudent ...1950s W. Indies & Jamaica sl.
• FAUSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FEISTY irascible, argumentative, touchy, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FICETY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FISTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FLOSSY pert, impudent ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FRESH amorously over-free or cheeky; pert; forward; bold; impudent ...1845 sl., orig. US
• FYSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• GABBIT loquacious, talkative, tattling; impudent, impertinent ...1808 Sc.
• GALLOWS mischievous, wild, impish, unmanageable, tiresome; impudent, saucy ...1875 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARD-FACED impudent; obstinate; brazen-faced ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IKY impertinent, impudent, cheeky ...1906 Amer. dial.
• ILL-HUNG of a tongue: impudent, insolent ...1882 Sc.
• ILL-SAIRED impudent ...1892 Sc.
• IMPERENT impudent ...1838
• IMPERSOME impertinent, impudent ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• IMPERT pert, impertinent, impudent ...1889 Eng. dial.
• IMPITY impudent, uppity ...1967 Amer. dial.
• IRON-SIDED hardy, rough, unmanageable; impudent, defiant ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LIKE A MONKEY WITH A TIN TOOL impudent. self-satisfied ...c1863
• LIPPY impudent, rude, pert, disrespectful, talkative ...1875 sl.
• MALAPERT † presumptuous, impudent, saucy; bold or forward from lack of proper respect or modesty ...c1420 obs. exc. arch.
• MOUTHY loquacious, talkative; often also implying boastfulness or impudence ...1589 sl.
• NASH-GABBIT impudent or caustic in speech ...1877 Sc.
• NERVY cool, confident, impudent ...1897
• OFF BASE presumptuous; impudent ...1950s US sl.
• OUTDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking ...1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• OWDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking ...1847 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• PROCACIOUS * forward, insolent, impudent, saucy, pert, petulant ...1660
• PROTERVE †* forward, wayward, stubborn; peevish, petulant; proud, arrogant, impudent ...1382
• PROTERVOUS † forward, wayward, untoward, stubborn, impudent, peevish, petulant ...1547
• RUFTY-TUFTY † rude, rough; boisterous; impudent ...1606
• SASSY impudent, cheeky; bold, lively; stylish ... 1833 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
• TAUNTRIL † bold, impudent ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOITISH saucy, pert, or impudent; easily offended; flighty in temper; irritable, ill-tempered, snappish ...1846 Eng. dial.
 
IMPUDENT - nouns, person
• BANDAR an impudent or mischievous man or boy ...21C Hindi
• BIRST a small, impudent person ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• CAPRON † an impudent fellow ...c1460
• CHAPPRON † an impudent fellow ...c1460
• CLIPPIE a talkative woman; an impudent girl ...19C Sc.
• DALTHEEN an impudent fellow ...20C Ireland
• EFFRONTERIST † one who displays effrontery ...1776 nonce word
• FACY-GATE a brazen-faced, impudent person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIZART a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow; a shameless person ...1721 Sc.
• FAZARD a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow ...1721 Sc.
• GABBER a ready or chatty talker; one who is loquacious and rather impudent in conversation ...1793
• GLOWBASON a bold, impudent person ...1873 Eng. dial.
• IMPERANCE an impudent person ...1766 sl.
• JACKANAPES anybody at once ugly (or diminutive), showy, and impudent ...1534
• JACK-SAUCE † a saucy or impudent fellow; a little oaf ...c1550
• JAY an impertinent chatterer; an impudent person; a talkative person ...1523
• JAYBIRD a saucy or impudent person ...1887 Amer. dial.
• LIMMER a wild, undisciplined girl; a bold, impudent girl or woman; a jade, a hussy ...1786 Sc.
• MADAM a disrespectful young woman or girl; an impudent (young) woman ...1802 sl.
• MALAPERT † a presumptuous, impudent, pert, or saucy person ...1622 obs. exc. arch.
• MOXIE an impudent upstart ...1960s US Black sl.
• NEBSIE an impudent old woman ...B1900 Sc.
• NEBSY an impudent old woman ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ONE one who stands out in some way, as for impudence, expertise, etc. ...L19 sl.
• QUEAN a woman; a female; from early Middle English a term of disparagement or abuse; hence, a bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman; a jade, a hussy; a harlot, a strumpet, esp. in 16th-17th centuries ...a1000 
• QUINE a bold, impudent, shameless, or malevolent woman; a hussy, a slut ...1720 Sc.
• RADICAL an impudent, idle, dissipated fellow; a rascal ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAMPANT †* a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl; an impudent female ...1671
• RANNELL † a hussy, a jade; an impudent girl or woman; an unchaste or lewd woman ...1573
• RANNIGAL a bold, impudent, unruly person ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RANNYGILL a bold, impudent, unruly person ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RASPER an impudent, overreaching fellow; a close-fisted, economical person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REAL DAG, A someone or something extraordinary or entertaining; an amusingly eccentric or impudent person; a character ...1875 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SACKET a term of abuse; a scamp, a rascal, a pert, impudent person ...1853 Sc.
• SASS-BOX a saucy, pert, or impudent woman or child ...1871 Amer. dial.
• SASS-BUCKET an impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SASS-POT an impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SASSY-BOX an impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SAUCE † an impudent person ...a1553
• SAUCEBOX an impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child ...1588
• SAUCEPOT an impudent person ...1998 UK sl.
• SAUCY BOX an impudent person ...E18 sl.
• SAUCY JACK a cheeky, impudent man ...M16 sl.
• SKELPIE-LIMMER a jade, a hussy; an impudent girl or woman ...1785 Sc.
• SKIPJACK a pert, shallow-brained fellow; a young, impudent person; a conceited fop or dandy ...1554 arch.
• SMATCHET a small, contemptible person; a mischievous, impudent, pert child; used as a term of  contempt or dislike ...c1582 Sc.
• SNICKET a pert, saucy, forward girl; a term of reproach for a little girl; a naughty child; a dirty, careless, impudent woman ...1867 Eng. dial.
• TITTUP a pert, impudent or forward woman or girl; a hussy, a minx ...1762 Eng. dial.
• TITTY-UP a pert, impudent or forward woman or girl; a hussy, a minx ...1901 Eng. dial.
• YAP an impudent, forward child or youth; a mischievous lad ...1839 Eng. dial.
• YAUP an impudent, forward child or youth; a mischievous lad ...1839 Eng. dial.
• YEP an impudent, forward child or youth; a mischievous lad ...1839 Eng. dial.
• YIP an impudent, forward child or youth; a mischievous lad ...1839 Eng. dial.
 
IMPUDENT - verbs
• COME THE ACID to be heavily sarcastic or especially impudent ...1910s UK sl.
• COME THE OLD ACID to be heavily sarcastic or especially impudent ...1910s sl.
• COME THE OLD ACID DROP to be heavily sarcastic or especially impudent ...1962 UK sl.
• GANSEL to scold, to upbraid, to storm at someone; to make an impudent retort ...1818 Sc.
• GANSHEL to scold, to upbraid, to storm at someone; to make an impudent retort ...1818 Sc.
• HAZEN AT to speak impudently to ...1825 Eng. dial.
• IMPER to be bold or impudent ...1899 Sc.
• NASH to talk in a pert, impudent, or caustic manner ...1825 Sc.
• SAUCE to be impertinent to; to answer impudently; to be cheeky, to tease ...1862 Eng. dial.
• SASSY to speak impudently or saucily to ...1883 Amer. dial.
• SCOWER to glower or look impudently at a person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TALK BACK to make a rude response to, to be impudent ...M19 sl.
 
IMPUDENTLY - adverbs
• BRASSILY with impudent or brazen confidence ...1889
• EFFRONTUOUSLY † impudently ...a1734
 
IMPULSE - nouns
• GAD-FLY an irresistible impulse to some course of action ...1864
• OESTRUS something that stings or goads one on, a stimulus; vehement impulse; passion, frenzy ...1850
• VAP an impulse; a sudden urge ...1957 Trinidad and Tobago
• VAPS an impulse; a sudden urge ...1957 Trinidad and Tobago
• YARK †* an impulse, an eager desire ...1577
• YERK †* an impulse, an eager desire ...1577
 
IMPULSE - verbs
• BELLRAIVE to rove about; to be unsteady; to act on impulse ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
IMPULSIVE - adjectives
• FAST forward, impulsive, prone to rashness; cheeky, rude, impudent, impertinent ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HABBER-GLABBER rash, impetuous, extremely impulsive and headstrong in behaviour ...1929 Sc.
• HAMMER-GLAMMER rash, impetuous, extremely impulsive and headstrong in behaviour ...1929 Sc.
• MADCAP mad, crackbrained, reckless, wildly impulsive ...1588
• NOTIONATE given to notions or impulses, fanciful, whimsical ...1859 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• QUICK ON THE TRIGGER impulsive ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RANDOM impulsive, uncontrolled, flighty, careless ...1880 Eng. dial.
 
IMPULSIVE - nouns, person
• FANTAST a visionary, a dreamer; a flighty, impulsive person ...1588
• MADCAP a reckless, wildly impulsive person; also applied playfully to young women of lively and impulsive temperament ...1591
• PHANTAST a visionary, a dreamer; a flighty, impulsive person ...1588
 
IMPULSIVELY - adverbs
• ON THE WAG on the spur of the moment; impulsively ...1876 Eng. dial.
• RIGHT OFF THE REEL on the spur of the moment; impulsively, extempore ...1897 Sc.
 
IMPURE - adjectives
• IMMUND * unclean, impure; filthy, foul ...1621
• VENUS impure, immoral ...1821 Sc.
 
IMPURITY - nouns
• GALL † filth, impurity ...a1300
• IMMUNDICITY † uncleanness, impurity; filthiness ...1530
• IMMUNDITY * uncleanness, filthiness, impurity ...1870
 
INABILITY - nouns
• INHABILITY † inability, unfitness ...1631 Sc.
• UNABILITY † inability ...c1400
• UNABLENESS † the condition of being unable; inability, incapacity; disability ...c1380
• UNABLETY † inability ...c1380
• UNAPTITUDE † inability ...1545
• UNCAPACITY † inability ...1681
 
INACCESSIBLE - adjectives
• UNACCESSIBLE † inaccessible ...1596
• UNCOMATIBLE unattainable; inaccessible ...1694
• UNCOME-AT-ABLE unattainable; inaccessible ...1694
• WAFF out-of-the-way, carelessly inaccessible ...1874 Sc.
• WANDERING †* of places: out-of-the-way, inaccessible, remote ...1600
 
INACCESSIBLE - nouns
• DEATH O' DAY anywhere considered by the speaker very far away or inaccessible ...1900s Aust. sl.
 
INACCESSIBLY - adverbs
• TICK-A-LOCK inaccessibly ...1998 Amer. dial.
 
INACCURACY - nouns
• UNACCURACY † inaccuracy ...1702
• UNACCURATENESS † inaccuracy ...1648
 
INACCURATE - adjectives
• FALSE AS A BULLETIN inaccurate, false ...c1795 colloq.
• OFF BASE incorrect; inaccurate ...1947 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S EGGS straying; hence, wide of the mark, incorrect, inaccurate, mistaken, in error ...1792 Sc.
• UNACCURATE † inaccurate ...1660
 
INACCURATELY - adverbs
• LARGELY † loosely, inaccurately ...c1449
• UNACCURATELY † inaccurately ...1674
 
INACTION - nouns
• PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS inaction produced by over-thinking a situation ...1971 US sl.
• UNACTION † inaction ...1698
 
INACTIVE - adjectives
• ACTLESS * without action, inactive ...1682
• BOWBERT † lazy, inactive ...1513 Sc.
• DAMMISHED stunned, bewildered; inept, inert, inactive, stupefied ...1721 Sc.
• DEAD-ALIVE dull, inactive, spiritless; stupid ...1591 chiefly US
• DEAD-AND-ALIVE dull, inactive, spiritless, stupid ...a1862 chiefly US
• DEDA simple, foolish, of inactive mind and body ...B1900 Eng. dial.  
• DISABLEBODIED not able-bodied, not strong or active ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DO-NOTHING doing nothing; disinclined to work or exertion; idle, indolent, inactive, lazy ...1832
• INERGETICAL †* without energy; sluggish, inactive ...L17
• MARBEL feeble, inactive ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MERVIL inactive of mind or body ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MOTHBALL inactive, unused; stored away
• ONFRACK not active, not alert ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ON THE SHELF inactive; useless ...colloq.
• OONFERSELL inactive, inert, not lively, weakly ...1871 Sc.
• QUIESCENT motionless, inactive, at rest ...1646
• SLACK-TWISTED of a loose, unsatisfactory character; lazy, inactive; lethargic, wanting in energy; mentally weak, shiftless ...1802
• THEWLESS feeble, inactive ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THOWLESS wanting in energy, inactive, weak, spiritless, lazy; useless; insipid ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TOOM † idle, inactive, unoccupied ...a1340
• UNACTIVE † inactive; indisposed or unable to act; hence, sluggish, slothful ...1591
• UNACTIVE † remaining quiescent or idle ...1599
• UNBAIN † slow, inactive ...a1470
• UNBUSIED idle, inactive ...1570
• UNFRACK not active, not alert ...1825 Sc.
• UNGAIN clumsy, inactive, ungainly; inexperienced, unhandy, unskilful; loutish; disproportioned, ill-shaped ...1790 Eng. dial.
• UNHINGE inactive, stiff-jointed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VEGETIVE leading a merely physical existence; dull, passive, inactive ...1882
 
INACTIVE - nouns, person
• BATIE-BUM † a lazy or inactive fellow; a simpleton, a fool; a useless bungler ...a1550 Sc.
• BATIE-BUMMIL † an inactive helpless fellow; a useless bungler; a simpleton; a fool...a1550 Sc.
• CABBAGE (derogatory) a stupid, dull, inactive person; a silly person ...1887 Amer. sl.
• DAULING dull, inactive ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUSEY stupid, silly, bewildered; dull, inactive, doltish ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAWSIE stupid, silly, bewildered; dull, inactive, doltish ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAWSY stupid, silly, bewildered; dull, inactive, doltish ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DRUMBELO a dull, heavy, inactive fellow ...19C Eng. dial.
• DRUMBLE † a dull, inactive person; an inert or sluggish person; a worn-out person or horse ...1575 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAMLEG a lazy or inactive person ...1954 Amer. dial.
• IDOL † an inert, inactive person ...1579
• LALL a lazy, inactive, useless person; a lounger; a dawdling child hanging about its mother ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REST MAN † one who lives an inactive life ...1542
• TARLOCH a silly, inactive girl; a coarse, ragged, sluttish woman ...1825 Sc.
• VEGETABLE (derogatory) a person with an inactive, undemanding lifestyle ...2001 UK sl.
• VEGETAL † one who vegetates, one who lives a dull, monotonous, inactive life ...1626
 
INACTIVE - verbs
• ACT LIKE THE DEAD LICE ARE DROPPING OFF ONE to be inactive, slow, or lethargic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• DAIBLE to go about in an inactive and feeble way; generally applied to children ...1825 Sc.
• HIRPLE to be dull and inactive from the effects of severe cold or illness ...B1900 Eng. dial.
 
INACTIVELY - adverbs
• UNACTIVELY † inactively ...1611
 
INACTIVITY - nouns
• FAINEANTISE 'do-nothing-ness' ; indisposition to do anything; indifference, inactivity ...a1684
• IDLESHIP † inactivity, want of occupation, indolence ...1357
• UNACTIVENESS † inactivity ...1647
• UNACTIVITY † inactivity ...1654
 
INADEQUATE - adjectives
• C-3 third-rate, inadequate, inferior; highly unfit ...1910s sl.
• CHICKEN-CRAP insufficient, inadequate, of poor quality ...1940s sl., orig. US
• CHICKENSHIT insufficient, inadequate, of poor quality ...1940s sl., orig. US
• DAY LATE AND A DIME SHORT, A inadequate; overdue and lacking; too little too late ...1990s Amer. sl.
• DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT, A inadequate; overdue and lacking; too little too late ...1990s Amer. sl.
• HALF-ARSE careless, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate ...M19 sl.
• HALF-ARSED careless, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory, ineffectual, incompetent, second-rate ...1865 US sl.
• HALF-ASS careless, ineffectual, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate; mediocre, insignificant, unsatisfactory ...M19 sl.
• HALF-ASSED careless, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate, mediocre, insignificant ...1865 US sl.
• HALF-BAKED incompetent, inadequate, below standard ...E16
• MAIL-ORDER ridiculously inadequate or inferior ...1923 Amer. sl.
• OF SORTS undistinguished, second-rate, barely adequate ... ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE-EYED of a place or object: inferior, inadequate, unimportant, useless ....M19 sl., orig. US
• SKITTLING poor; inadequate ...1959 Amer. dial.
• UNADEQUATE † inadequate ...1644
 
INADEQUATE - nouns
• BROKEN STICK somebody or something unreliable, undependable, or inadequate ...1946 Amer. dial.
 
INADEQUATE - nouns, person
• BROKEN STICK somebody or something unreliable, undependable, or inadequate ...1946 Amer. dial.
• GUY an incompetent person, one who is inadequate ...1980s US campus sl.
• HACK an incompetent, an inadequate ...1950s sl.
• HALF-BAKE a fool, an inadequate person ...1940s sl.
• NEWT a stupid, unsophisticated or socially inadequate person ...1920s US college sl.
• VARNISH a second-rate person, one who is inadequate ...1900s UK society usage
 
INADEQUATE - verbs
• CATCH AT A STRAW to resort in desperation to any utterly inadequate expedient, like a person drowning 
• CATCH AT STRAWS to resort in desperation to any utterly inadequate expedient, like a person drowning 
• CLUTCH AT STRAWS to resort in desperation to any utterly inadequate expedient, like a person drowning 
• FLUNK to do a skimpy, inadequate job ...L19 sl., orig. US
 
INADEQUATELY - adverbs
• RAWLY inadequately ...B1900 Eng. dial.
 
INADVERTENCE - nouns
• UNADVERTANCE  † inadvertence ...1483
 
INADVERTENTLY - adverbs
• UNTHOUGHTED-LIKE thoughtlessly, inadvertently ...1932 Amer. dial.
• UNTHOUGHTEDLY thoughtlessly, inadvertently ...1835 Amer. dial.
 
IN AND OUT - adverbs
• NEEK-NACK rapidly moving in and out, backwards and forwards as in a game ...Bk1905 Sc.
 
INANE - adjectives
• DOPEY stupid; inane ...1895 Amer.
 
INANIMATE - adjectives
• DEADLY †* without life, inanimate ...a1225
• SARNICK inanimate ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• UNANIMATE † dull, inanimate, not enlivened ...1614
 
INANIMATE - nouns
• LAD any inanimate object ...20C Irish sl.
 
INAPPLICABLE - adjectives
• UNAPPLIABLE † inapplicable ...1588
 
INAPPREHENSIVE - adjectives
• HEAVY † slow of understanding, inapprehensive, dull, stupid ...c1300
 
INAPPROPRIATE - adjectives
• LIKE A LILY ON A DIRT TIN utterly inappropriate or unsuitable ...1930s Aust. sl.
• LIKE A LILY ON A DUSTBIN utterly inappropriate or unsuitable ...1930s Aust. sl.
• MALAPPROPRIATE inappropriate ...Bk1910
• OFF BASE not appropriate; uncalled for ...20C US sl.
• OUT OF THE WAY unsuitable, inappropriate, gauche ...1976 Amer. dial.
• UNBESEEMING not befitting a person, etc.; unbecoming or inappropriate to ...1583
• UNCOVENABLE † inappropriate, unsuitable, unfitting ...c1374
• UNGANED inappropriate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WELCOME AS FROST IN HARVEST, AS very inopportune, inconvenient, or inappropriate ...1897 Sc.
 
INAPPROPRIATE - nouns
• BREAK an error, blunder or mistake, often in a social situation; an inappropriate act or word, a faux pas ...1884 Amer. dial.
• FAMOUS LAST WORDS something said that proves singularly wrong or inappropriate ...1940s Amer. sl.
 
INAPPROPRIATE - verbs
• BACK THE WRONG HORSE to be wrong, to be mistaken; to make an inappropriate choice ...Bk1942 Amer. sl. 
 
INAPPROPRIATELY - adverbs
• IMPERTINENTLY † inappropriately, incongruously, in a way contrary to reason, good sense, or propriety; improperly, unbecomingly ...1640
 
INARTICULATE - adjectives
• LIKE A BUMP ON A LOG stupidly silent or inarticulate ...M19 US sl.
• SHORT-TONGUED having a short tongue; hence, inarticulate, stammering, lisping, tongue-tied; also, taciturn, unready in speech ...c1575  
• TONGUE-TACKIT mumbling, indistinct in speech, inarticulate ...1923 Sc.
 
INARTICULATE - nouns
• JABBER chatter; incoherent, inarticulate, or unintelligible speech ...18C colloq.
 
INARTICULATE - nouns, person
• FAFFLE a stammerer, one who is unable to articulate distinctly ...c1900 Sc.
• JABBERER one who jabbers ...c1675 colloq.
• MUSHMOUTH a person who speaks indistinctly or inarticulately ...US sl.
 
INARTICULATE - verbs
• BARBETTE †* to make inarticulate sounds; to mutter ...c1480
• BLUTHER to make a noise in swallowing; to make an inarticulate sound ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GABBLE to talk volubly, inarticulately, and incoherently; to chatter, to prattle; also, to read so fast as to be unintelligible ...1577
 
INARTISTIC - adjectives
• UNARTIFICIAL † not displaying special or skill; unskilful, inartistic, clumsy ...1591 now rare or obs.
 
INARTISTICALLY - adverbs
• UNARTIFICIALLY † inartistically, unskilfully ...1591
 
INATTENTION - nouns
• SKYBUGGING scanning the sky aimlessly while riding a horse; also, not paying attention ...1982 Amer. dial.
• UNATTENDANCE † inattention ...c1449
• UNBISEINESS † inattention, carelessness ...a1225
 
INATTENTIVE - adjectives
• ASLEEP AT THE BAG inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ASLEEP AT THE BASE inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH inattentive; not alert to a duty or opportunity; oblivious of responsibility ...1908 Amer. sl.
• ASLEEP ON THE JOB inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLAH inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLANK inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD ABOVE THE EARS inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD BETWEEN THE EARS inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD FROM THE HOOFS UP inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD FROM THE NECK UP inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD-HEADED inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD TO THE WORLD unconscious of one's surroundings, lost in a dream, day-dreaming; inattentive, absent-minded ...20C sl., orig. US
• GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BAG inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BASE inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE TO SLEEP ON THE JOB inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HALF THERE inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEGLECTIVE † neglectful, inattentive, careless ...1611 rare or obs.
• NO ONE AT HOME inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT ALL THERE inattentive; absent-minded ...1864 sl.
• NOT KEEPING ONE'S EYE ON THE BALL inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT ON THE JOB inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT THERE inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OSCITANT † gaping from drowsiness, yawning; hence, drowsy, dull, indolent, negligent, inattentive through drowsiness ...1625 rare or obs.
• OUT OF TOWN inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNATTENDING inattentive ...1634
• UNATTENTIVE † inattentive ...1591
• VARLESS inattentive, careless ...1898 Sc.
• WITH A VACANT ATTIC inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH A VACANT HOUSE inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
INATTENTIVE - nouns, person
• ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH inattentive; not mindful of one's duties or surroundings ...1914 Amer. dial.
• CLOTH EARS an inattentive listener ...1912 sl.
• MAGOO a useless or foolish person; an absent-minded or inattentive person ...1932 Amer. sl.
• MENTAL MIDGET an absent-minded or inattentive person; a stupid person ...1966 Amer. sl.
 
INATTENTIVE - verbs
• HAVE ONE'S FINGER UP ONE'S ASS to stand about idly; to be inattentive or slow to act ...1942 sl.
• HAVE ONE'S HEAD UP ONE'S ASS to be very stupid or inattentive ...1924 Amer. sl.
• HAVE ONE'S THUMB UP ONE'S ASS to stand about idly; to be inattentive or slow to act ...1958 sl.
• HAVE ONE'S THUMB UP ONE'S ASSHOLE to stand about idly; to be inattentive or slow to act ...1974 sl.
 
INATTENTIVE - phrases
• NOBODY HOME an expression applied to any person thought to be stupid, feeble-minded,  inattentive, etc. ...c1915 Amer. sl.
• NOBODY HOME UPSTAIRS said of someone considered to be stupid, feeble-minded, absent-minded, inattentive, etc. ...1951 Amer. dial.
 
INATTENTIVELY - adverbs
• UNATTENTIVELY † inattentively ...1611
 
INAUDIBLE - adjectives
• BASS † low in sound, barely audible, soft ...c1450
• UNAUDIBLE † inaudible ...1611
 
INAUSPICIOUS - adjectives
• LEFT-HANDED ill-omened, inauspicious, sinister ...1609
• UNAUSPICIOUS † inauspicious ...1601
• UNCANNIE of things: unlucky, inauspicious, tempting ...1826 Sc.
• UNCANNY of things: unlucky, inauspicious, tempting ...1826 Sc.
• UNCHANCY inauspicious, unlucky; ill-omened, ill-fated ...1533 chiefly Sc.
 
INAUSPICIOUSLY - adverbs
• AWKLY † inauspiciously ...1565
• SINISTROUSLY † inauspiciously, unfortunately ...1607
 
INCALCULABLE - adjectives
• ONKENNABLE unknowable, incalculable ...1818 Sc.
• UNACCOUNTABLE † incalculable; uncountable ...1690
• UNDEEMINT † incalculable ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNDEEMIS extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned ...1871 Sc.
• UNDEEMOUS unexampled, unparalleled, extraordinary, remarkable, incredible, esp. of size or amount, inconceivably large, immense, incalculable ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNDOMIOUS extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned ...1871 Sc.
• UNDOOMIS extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned ...1871 Sc.
• UNDUMIOUS extraordinary, enormous, incredible, esp. of size or amount, inconceivably large, immense, incalculable ...1747 Sc.
• UNDUMOUS extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned ...1871 Sc.
 
INCANTATION - nouns
• CANTATION * incantation, magical charm ...1656 rare
• CANTION † an incantation, a charm ...1656
• CARMINATION †* charming, incantation ...1620
• FASCINATION † the casting of a spell; sorcery, enchantment, an instance of this, a spell, an incantation ...1605
• GALDER † a charm, or incantation ...c1000
• SIGALDER †* a charm or incantation ...c1000
 
INCAPABILITY - nouns
• UNCAPABILITY † incapability ...c1642
 
INCAPABLE - adjectives
• HAIVELESS shiftless, incapable, careless, extravagant, slovenly in habit, ill-mannered; unrefined ...1866 Sc.
• HALF-COCKED not fully capable; not completely thought out; unfinished; incomplete ...1833 US sl.
• HANDLESS † incapable or incompetent with the hands, or in action; awkward, clumsy ...1413 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MATTERLESS incapable; incompetent; helpless; shiftless ...1794 Eng. dial.
• PARALYSED knocked out, incapable ...L19 US sl.
• THRUMMY-THRUM useless, incapable ...1870 Ireland
• UBADOUS † useless, incapable, weakly ...a1838 Sc.
• UGGOVOUS † destitute, having nothing left; incapable, weakly, useless ...a1838 Sc.
• UGIOVOUS † destitute, having nothing left; incapable, weakly, useless ...a1838 Sc.
• UNCAPABLE † incapable ...1587
• UNDEEDY helpless, incapable ...BK1905 Eng. dial.
 
INCAPABLE - adverbs
• UNABLY † in an unable or incapable manner ...a1400-50 now rare or obs.
 
INCAPABLE - nouns, person
• ABLACH an insignificant, worthless person; an incapable person ...1852 Sc.
• ABLACK an insignificant, worthless person; an incapable person ...1852 Sc.
• ABLICH an insignificant, worthless person; an incapable person ...1852 Sc.
• CABBAGE (offensive) a brain-damaged or mentally subnormal person; an inert, incapable person ...1987 colloq.
• MAFFLE-HORN an incapable, blundering, inefficient person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDOUGHT a weak, puny person; a silly, incapable, worthless person ...1644 Sc.
 
INCAPACITATE - verbs
• KEEL UP to incapacitate, esp. by illness or age; to kill, to deprive of life ...1856 Amer. dial.
• UNABLE † to render unable; to incapacitate or render unfit ...c1380
• UNCAPACITATE † to incapacitate ...1668
 
INCAPACITATED - adjectives
• KEEL OUT incapacitated because of illness ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SNAKE-BIT helplessly incapacitated; ineffective ...1940s Amer. sl.
• SNAKE-BITTEN helplessly incapacitated; ineffective ...1940s Amer. sl.
 
INCAPACITATED - nouns, person
• LAME DUCK a lame or incapacitated person, or one who is old, weak, or ineffective; an invalid; hence, someone or something of no use or value; an inefficient person ...1814 sl.
 
INCAPACITATED - verbs
• GO SOUTH to lose, to be defeated or incapacitated; to be beaten ...1903 Amer. dial.
 
INCAPACITY - nouns
• UNABLENESS † the condition of being unable; inability, incapacity; disability ...c1380
 
INCARNATED - adjectives
• BODYFIED incarnated, embodied ...1942 Amer. dial.
 
INCARNATION - nouns
• CARNATION † incarnation ...c1410
 
INCAUTIOUS - adjectives
• HAGGLIN' rash, incautious ...1831 Sc.
• INCAUTELOUS † heedless, unwary, incautious ...1610
• UNCANNY giddy, careless, incautious, imprudent ...1638 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNCAUTELOUS † incautious, unwary ...1628
• UNCAUTIONED † incautious ...1671
• UNCAUTIOUS † incautious ...1644
• UNCHARY incautious ...1601
• UNCIRCUMSPECT 1. of persons: not cautious, imprudent, unwary ...1502
2. of actions, etc.: incautious ...1563
• WARELESS † unwary, incautious, imprudent ...1562
 
INCAUTIOUS - verbs
• LEAD WITH ONE'S CHIN to act incautiously; to act without restraint ...1940s sl. orig. boxing
 
INCAUTIOUSLY - adverbs
• UNCIRCUMSPECTLY incautiously ...1535
 
INCAUTIOUSNESS - nouns
• UNCAUTELOUSNESS † incautiousness ...a1656
• UNCAUTIOUSNESS † incautiousness ...1680
• UNCIRCUMSPECTION incautiousness ...1598
 
INCENSED - adjectives
• EDGED angry, incensed, mad as hell ...1982 US sl.
 
INCENTIVE - nouns
• MAINSPRING the chief motive power; the main incentive ...c1695
 
INCESSANT - adjectives
• UNCEASABLE † incessant ...1604
• UNCESSANT † incessant ...1548
 
INCESSANTLY - adverbs
• EARLY AND LATE at all hours, continuously, incessantly ...c1330
• LIKE UGLY ON A BABOON tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LIKE UGLY ON AN APE tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LIKE UGLY ON A TOAD tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...2005 Amer. dial.
• LIKE UGLY ON WARTHOG tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...2006 Amer. dial.
• OUT OF THE FACE incessantly, straight through without stopping ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• UNCESSANTLY † incessantly ...c1460
 
INCESSANTNESS - nouns
• UNCESSANTNESS † incessantness ...1627
 
INCESTUOUS - nouns, person
• FAMILY RAM an incestuous male; a man who sleeps with two or more female members of the same family ...1990s W. Indies sl.
 
INCH - adjectives
• UNCIAL pert. to an inch or an ounce ...1650
 
INCH - nouns
• SCOTCH ELL 37.0958 inches ...1785 Sc.
• SCOTS ELL 37.0958 inches ...Bk1904 Sc.
 
INCIDENT - nouns
• ACCIDENT † an occurrence, incident, event ...c1374
• ADVENEMENT †* that which comes or happens; an event, incident ...1490
• BEFALL † a case, circumstance, incident, accident ...1491
• PASSAGES a short story; an incident ...1899 Ireland
• TIDING † something that happens; an event, incident, occurrence ...c1205 obs. or arch.
 
INCIDENTAL - nouns
• BY-THE-WAY an incidental remark ...1896
• OBITER † something said, done, or occurring by the way; an incidental matter ...1607
 
INCIDENTALLY - adverbs
• ACCIDENTARILY † by way of accident; casually, incidentally ...1651
• ACCIDENTLY † non-essentially, incidentally, as a secondary effect ...1506
• OBITANEOUSLY † by the way, in passing ...a1834 nonce word
• OBITER by the way, in passing, incidentally ...1573
• OBITERLY †* by the way, in passing, incidentally ...1605
 
INCISION - nouns
• CARF † cutting, a cut, an incision; a wound ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GARSE † a cut, incision, gash ...a1225
• KERF the result of cutting; the incision, notch, slit, etc., made by cutting, esp. by a saw ...1523
• LANCE † a cut, incision, slit ...1669
• LANCEMENT †* the act of lancing or cutting; an incision ...1658
• SCRAZE a scratch, a graze; a slight incision ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
INCITE, INCITING  adjectives
• ADHORTATORY † persuading or urging to a course; inciting ...1660
• INCITATORY †* tending to incite, stirring, stimulative ...1610
 
INCITE - verbs
• ADHORT † to urge, to exhort, to incite ...1539
• AGGRAVOKE to provoke, to incite ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ARR to egg on; to incite to quarrel ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ART to incite, to egg on ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EAGER ON to incite; to hark on ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EDGE † to urge on, to incite, to provoke, to encourage a person; also, to stimulate, to give activity to an industry, etc. ...1575
• EGG † to incite, to encourage, to urge; to provoke, to tempt ...c1200
• EGGLE to incite, to instigate, to egg on, to stir up, to quarrel ...1880 Sc.
• EGG ON to incite, to encourage, to urge; to provoke, to tempt ...1566
• EICKEL UP to stir up, to incite ...1924 Sc.
• ERT to urge onward, to incite; to irritate ...1789 Sc.
• GIVE AN EDGE TO † to stimulate, to incite ...1602
• HAG † to incite, to urge; to try to persuade ...1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HALLOO to urge on or incite with shouts ...1568
• HALLOW to chase or pursue with shouts; to urge on or incite with shouts ...c1340
• HEARKEN ON to encourage, to urge on, to incite ...1851 Eng. dial.
• MAN ON to incite; to urge ...1839 Eng. dial.
• NETTLE to incite, to rouse ...a1592
• PICK AT THE TURKS to incite to anger; to nag at; to tease ...1786 Amer. dial.
• PICK AT WEST POINT to incite to anger; to nag at; to tease ...1884 Amer. dial.
• PRORITATE † to stir up, to provoke, to irritate, to incite ...1620
• PROVOCATE †* to provoke, call forth, incite ...1432-50
• SET AN EDGE UPON † to stimulate, to incite ...1609
• TAKE UP † to urge on, to incite ...1565
• TICE † to encourage, to incite, as a dog ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICKLE † to stir up, to incite, to provoke; to prompt or impel to do something ...1532
• TOLL † to attract, to entice, to allure, to decoy; to incite, to instigate ...c1220
• TORCH UP to incite, to urge ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
INCITED - adjectives
• PROVOCATE †* provoked, stimulated, incited ...1432-50
 
INCITEMENT - nouns
• ADHORTATION † encouragement, persuasion, incitement ...1536
• EDGEMENT incitement, urging, persuasion ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EGGING an urging forward, incitement, instigation ...c1200
• EGGMENT † incitement, instigation ...c1340
• ONSETTING incitement, instigation ...1619
• TOLLING † the act of enticing, allurement; incitement, instigation ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
INCITER - nouns, person
• BELLOWS-BLOWER an inciter of strife, etc. ...1849
• EGGER † one who incites or urges on; an instigator ...1598
• ONSETTER † one who sets on, or urges on; an inciter ...1549
• PROVOCANT * one who provokes, incites, or stimulates a person, reaction, etc. ...1894 rare
 
INCIVILITY - nouns
• INDISCRETION † incivility, impoliteness ...1721 Sc.
• UNCOURTESY † discourtesy, incivility ...c1380
 
INCLINATION - nouns
• DECLENSION the act of declining, or deviating from a vertical or horizontal position; slope, inclination; a declining or sinking into a lower position, as of the sun towards setting ...1640-4
• EDGE † of persons: ardour, keenness in pursuit of an object; in weaker sense, inclination, liking ...1581
• FANTASY † inclination, liking, desire ...c1374
• HARLIN some degree of affection, an inclination towards ...1805 Sc.
• HARLIN-FAVOUR some degree of affection, an inclination towards ...1742 Sc.
• HEART † intent, will, purpose, inclination, desire ...c825
• INKLING a desire, an inclination ...1978 Amer. dial.
• SMACKERING * an inclination towards or hankering after or for a person or thing ...L16
• STOMACH desire, appetite, or inclination
• TALENT † inclination, propension, or disposition for anything; wish, desire, appetite ...a1300
• THEAT a liking or inclination for ...1886 Sc.
 
INCLINATION - verbs
• AFFECTATION † inclination towards, affection, liking, fondness of ...1607
• BEND † turn of mind, inclination, bent ...1591
• BENT † inclination, bowing, stooping, nodding ...1584
• MENK to have an inclination or longing for anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VEIN † an inclination or desire, a tendency, towards something specified ...1587
• VELLEITY a mere wish, desire, or inclination without accompanying action or effort ...1624
 
INCLINE - nouns
• HEALD a slope, incline, declivity; a hill ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
 
INCLINE - verbs
• ABOW † to bend, to incline, to bow, to stoop; fig. to do homage or reverence; to submit ...c1000
• ACCLINE †* to incline, or slope towards ...c1420
• AFAITE † to affect, to influence, to incline, to dispose, in any way ...c1230
• AFFECT † to incline or like ...1606
• CAST † to have an inclination; to incline, to slope, to slant ...1599
• HEALD to bend downwards or to one side; to lean, to incline, to slope ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEALD TO to incline to, to be favourable to ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEEL to fall; to lean or incline ...1836 Amer. dial.
• INCLINATE to incline to, to be disposed to ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OFFER † to incline, to tend in some direction; to have an inclination or disposition to ...1639
• TILD to tilt or incline at one end ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TO-HIELD † to cause to incline, to lean, to bend, to fall over ; to push or pull down ...c1205
 
INCLINED - adjectives
• AFFECT † disposed, inclined ...c1400
• AFFECTIONATE † mentally disposed, inclined ...1533
• AFFECTIONATED † 1. inclined or disposed ...1578
† 2. unduly inclined or biased; swayed by affection; partial ...1586
• AFFECTIONED disposed, inclined in any way ...c1555 arch.
• AMINDED * disposed, inclined ...L16
• BAIN † ready, willing, inclined ...c1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BENT † determined, resolute, devoted, inclined ...1548
• FAIN disposed, inclined or willing; eager ...c1205 arch. or Eng. dial.
• INDICTED inclined, addicted ...1896 Sc.
• RIFE quick; ready; inclined to ...1853 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
INCLINED - verbs
• FEEL TO to want, to desire; to want to, to feel inclined to do something ...1837 Amer. dial.
• MIND to wish, to have a mind to; to feel inclined or disposed to ...1792 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
INCLINING - adjectives
• ON THE LEAN inclining, sloping ...1850
• PARTIAL inclining more to one side than another; crooked ...L18 sl.
 
INCLUDE - verbs
• ADNUMBER † to count in, to include among ...c1526
• BECLIP to include, to comprise, to comprehend, to contain ...c1230 arch.
• DEAL SOMEONE IN to include in an undertaking, often a criminal one, to give someone a share ...1940s sl., orig. US
• TAKE † to include, to comprise; to contain ...c1200
 
INCLUSIVE - adjectives
• ALL-IN inclusive of all ...1890
 
INCOHERENT - adjectives
• DANDERING foolish, weak-minded, twaddling; incoherent, rambling in speech ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• IDLE † void of meaning or sense; foolish, silly, incoherent ...1548
• RAVELLED confused in mind, muddled; rambling, incoherent, delirious ...1866 Sc.
• SKIMBLE-SKAMBLE confused, incoherent, rambling, nonsensical ...1596
• UNCOHERENT † incoherent ...1588
 
INCOHERENT - nouns
• GABBER † jabber; incoherent talk ...1796
• JABBER chatter; incoherent, inarticulate, or unintelligible speech ...18C colloq.
• RABBLE † a long string or series of words, etc., having little meaning or value; confused, careless speech; rapid and incoherent reading or talking; gabble ...c1388
• RABBLING incoherent talk ...1880 Sc.
 
INCOHERENT - nouns, person
• HAIVER a stupid, chattering person; an incoherent or garrulous person; a lazy, idle fellow ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAVERS a stupid, chattering person; an incoherent or garrulous person; a lazy, idle fellow ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JABBERER one who jabbers...c1675 colloq.
 
INCOHERENT - verbs
• CAIVER to waver in mind; to be incoherent, as persons are at the point of death ...1825 Sc.
• DANDER to talk incoherently, to ramble ...E19 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• EAT ONE'S WORDS to speak incoherently; to mumble ...1968 Amer. dial.
• EXTRAVAGE † to deviate in discourse from the proper subject; to digress; to talk incoherently; to ramble ...c1690 obs. exc. Sc.
• FAFFLE † to stutter or stammer; to utter incoherent sounds ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GABBER † to jabber, to gibber, to talk incoherently; to speak thickly or indistinctly ...1706-7 obs. exc. Sc.
• GABBLE to talk volubly, inarticulately, and incoherently; to chatter, to prattle; also, to read so fast as to be unintelligible ...1577
• HAIVER to talk in a foolish, incoherent manner  ...1816 Sc.
• JABBER to chatter; to speak fast and indistinctly; to talk thick and fast; to talk gibberish; to speak or say rapidly, incoherently, and without making sense ...1499
• MADDLE to ramble, to talk incoherently, to wander in speech ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAUNDER to talk idly and incoherently; to mumble; to grumble; to threaten in an undertone; to muse, to ponder ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NOT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THREE WORDS OF A SORT not to speak coherently ...1868 Eng. dial.
• RAFFLE to talk incoherently ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAVEL to wander in speech; to speak incoherently or untruthfully ...1877 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAIVER to wander in mind or speech; to talk foolishly or incoherently; to rave; to become confused through weariness or exhaustion ...1808 Sc.
• TAVER to wander in mind or speech; to talk foolishly or incoherently; to rave; to become confused through weariness or exhaustion ...1808 Sc.
 
INCOHERENTLY - adverbs
• SKIMBLE-SKAMBLE in a confused or rambling manner; incoherently ...1775
 
INCOME - nouns
• NEW GUINEA first possession of income ...Bk1902 Oxford usage
• SKIM income not reported for tax purposes, esp. from the gross earnings of a gambling casino or other such enterprise ...1961 Amer. gambling usage
 
INCOME - nouns, person
• TAKE-ARTIST one who regularly gains income from the taking of bribes, illicit commissions, etc. ...1950s US sl.
• WEAK TAP one who has a low income ...1950s sl.
 
INCOMPARABLE - adjectives
• MARROWLESS matchless, incomparable, without an equal ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NOT ABLE TO HOLD A CANDLE TO applied to one who is of lower quality than another ...1640
• NOT A PATCHING TO in no way equal or comparable to ...1851 Amer. dial.
• NOT A PATCH ON impossible to compare with; nowhere near; applied to one who is of lower quality than another ...1860
• UNCOMPARABLE † incomparable ...1382
• UNCOMPEERED incomparable, unique, unparalleled ...1602
 
INCOMPARABLE - interjections
• THAT BEATS CREATION! that's splendid, incomparable ...1834
• THAT LICKS CREATION! that's splendid, incomparable ...1834
 
INCOMPATIBLE - adjectives
• UNASSOCIABLE incompatible ...1816
 
INCOMPATIBLE - verbs
• NOT TO SET HORSES to disagree; to be incompatible ...1946 Amer. dial.
 
INCOMPETENCE - nouns
• MOPERY incompetence, stupidity ...1907 US sl.
• P.O. PRUNE a personification of stupidity and incompetence ...1895 Royal Air Force sl.
 
INCOMPETENCE, INCOMPETENT - verbs
• BANJAX to ruin or destroy, often as a result of incompetence ...US colloq.
• JACKLEG to act in an incompetent, unskilled or unprincipled way ...M19 US sl.
 
INCOMPETENT - adjectives
• ABLELESS incompetent, careless, listless, awkward ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHINLESS said of someone of weak character; incompetent, ineffectual ...1881 sl., orig. US
• DRIPPY ineffectual, incompetent ...1947 sl., orig. US
• DROOBY ineffectual, incompetent; contemptible ...1972 Aust. sl.
• FART-ARSED useless, incompetent ...1940s sl.
• FART-ARSEING useless, incompetent ...1940s sl.
• GUY-A-WHACK useless, incompetent ...20C Aust. sl.
• HAIVELESS wasteful, incompetent; slovenly, ill-mannered, unrefined ...1871 Sc.
• HALF-ARSE careless, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate ...M19 sl.
• HALF-ARSED careless, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory, ineffectual, incompetent, second-rate ...1865 US sl.
• HALF-ASS careless, ineffectual, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate; mediocre, insignificant, unsatisfactory ...M19 sl.
• HALF-ASSED careless, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate, mediocre, insignificant ...1865 US sl.
• HALF-BAKED incompetent, inadequate, below standard ...E16
• HAM ineffectual, incompetent ...1941 sl.
• HANDLESS † incapable or incompetent with the hands, or in action; awkward, clumsy ...1413 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HARRY TATE said of something incompetent or disorderly ...1925 Brit. sl.
• HAVELESS wasteful, incompetent; slovenly, ill-mannered, unrefined ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HOPELESS ineffectual, incompetent ...1922 sl.
• INSUFFISANT † insufficient; not sufficing; incompetent ...1387
• JACK-LEG ineffectual, incompetent; amateur, untrained; said of someone without skill or training ...1850 US sl.
• LAME socially unsophisticated; naive; 'square'; hence, easily imposed upon; stupid; inept; ineffectual; incompetent; unaware; inexperienced ...1935 US sl., esp. Black usage
• MATTERLESS incapable; incompetent; helpless; shiftless ...1794 Eng. dial.
• NEBBICH ineffectual, incompetent ...1960 sl.
• NEBBISH ineffectual, incompetent ...1941 sl.
• NEBBISHE ineffectual, incompetent ...1960 sl.
• NEBBISHER ineffectual, incompetent ...1960 sl.
• NEBISH ineffectual, incompetent ...1960 sl.
• NERDY ineffectual, incompetent ...1978 sl., orig. US
• NOT ABLE TO HIT THE GROUND WITH HIS HAT used of a complete incompetent ...20C US sl.
• OFF ONE'S FEED incompetent, unskilled ...1900s horse stable usage
• PATHETIC ineffectual, incompetent ...1937 sl.
• POOPY ineffectual, incompetent ...1957 sl., chiefly US
• SAIRIE in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry ...1721 Sc.
• SAIRY in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry ...1721 Sc.
• SARRY in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry ...1721 Sc.
• SEARS-ROEBUCK inexperienced; incompetent ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SPASTIC ineffectual, incompetent ...1981 sl.
• UP IN THE AIR incompetent ...1910s US sl.
• WET ineffectual, incompetent ...1916 Brit. sl.
• WIMPISH ineffectual, incompetent ...1925 sl., orig. US
• WIMPY ineffectual, incompetent ...1967 sl., orig. US
 
INCOMPETENT - nouns, person
• BEAUTY a term of contempt for a person who is the reverse of beautiful; an impertinent, an unmanageable person; one who is incompetent; used ironically ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BUTCHER a clumsy incompetent; a bungler ...1954 US sl.
• CAKE a fool; a soft, foolish person; an incompetent ...:1785 sl.
• DEADWOOD an incompetent or otherwise useless person ...1887 US sl.
• DRIP an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1932 sl.
• DRONGO a stupid, foolish, or incompetent person ...M20 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DROOB an ineffectual or incompetent person; an unprepossessing or contemptible person. esp. a man ...1933 Aust. sl.
• DROOP an ineffectual, incompetent, or languid person; a fool ...1932 US sl.
• DROOPY-DRAWERS an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1939 sl.
• DRUBE an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1933 Aust. sl.
• DUB an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1887 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• DUFFER an incompetent person; a person of no ability; a foolish oaf; a bungler ...c1730 UK sl.
• FARMER an incompetent worker, esp. among loggers ...1930 Amer. dial.
• FART-ARSE a term of contempt; a fool; an incompetent ...1940s sl.
• FART-KNOCKER an incompetent blunderer ...1952 US sl.
• FEEB an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1911 US sl.
• GAWDELPUS an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1912 sl.
• GAWD-HELP-US an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1912 sl.
• GAZOOK an ineffectual or incompetent person; a clumsy oaf ...1901 sl., orig. US
• GEEK an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1876 sl., orig. Brit.
• GOBSHITE a stupid, incompetent, or contemptible person, esp. an ignorant loudmouth ..M20 sl., chiefly Irish
• GOOBER an idiot, a fool; an incompetent, a country bumpkin ...M19 sl.
• GOOF an oaf, a ridiculous jerk; an incompetent fool ...20C US sl. & colloq.
• GOOF-BALL a jerk; an oaf; an incompetent fool ...M20 US sl.
• GOOFER an oaf, a ridiculous jerk; an incompetent fool ...20C US sl. & colloq.
• GOOFUS an oaf, a ridiculous jerk; an incompetent fool ...1910s US sl. & colloq.
• GUY an incompetent person, one who is inadequate ...1980s US campus sl.
• HACK an incompetent, an inadequate ...1950s sl.
• HALF-ASS a stupid, incompetent person ...1920s US sl.
• JACKLEG an incompetent, unskilled or unprincipled worker or professional person, esp. a quack doctor, a crooked lawyer, or a hypocritical preacher ...M19 US sl.
• JACK-OFF a jerk or incompetent oaf ...20C US sl.
• JERK an oaf or incompetent fool ...19C US sl.
• JERK-OFF a worthless, contemptible person; a jerk or oaf; an incompetent do-nothing; a contemptuous term of address ...1968  Brit. & US sl.
• MESS an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1936 sl.
• MUFFIN an incompetent person, one who is awkward ...M19 sl.
• MUMMY an incompetent person ...1900s US sl.
• MUSH-HEAD an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1890 US sl.
• NANA a fool, an idiot, an incompetent ...1960s sl.
• NARNA a fool, an idiot, an incompetent ...1960s sl.
• NEBBICH an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1960 sl.
• NEBBISH an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1941 sl.
• NEBBISHE an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1960 sl.
• NEBBISHER an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1960 sl.
• NEBISH an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1960 sl.
• NERD a person lacking in social skills, fashion sense, or both; someone studious but socially inept; an ineffectual or incompetent person; an oaf, a jerk ......1951 chiefly US colloq.
• NERK an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1966 Brit. sl.
• NO-HOPER an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1943 sl., orig. Aust.
• NURD a person lacking in social skills, fashion sense, or both; an ineffectual or incompetent person; someone studious but socially inept; an oaf, a jerk ...1951 sl., chiefly US
• PALOOKA an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1925 sl., chiefly US
• PISHER an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1942 US sl.
• PLUG an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1848 sl., chiefly US
• POGO an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1972 Aust. sl.
• POOP an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1915 sl.
• POOP-STICK an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1930 sl.
• PRICK an ineffectual or incompetent man ...1929 sl.
• PRUNE an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1895 sl., orig. US
• PUNK an ineffectual or incompetent person ... M19 US sl.
• RAT an incompetent ...1970s Aust. criminals' sl.
• RIGHT NANA a fool, an idiot, an incompetent ...1960s sl.
• SCHLEMASEL a fool, esp. an unfortunate, an incompetent ...L19 sl.
• SCHLEMAZEL a fool, esp. an unfortunate, an incompetent ...L19 sl.
• SCHLEMIEL a fool; a clumsy person; a gullible person; an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1892 sl., chiefly US
• SCISSOR one regarded as foolish, incompetent, or inexperienced ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SCISSOR-BILL an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1871 sl., chiefly US
• SCISSORS-BILL one regarded as foolish; an ineffectual, incompetent, or inexperienced  person ...1871 sl., chiefly US
• SCIZZOR-BILL one regarded as foolish, incompetent, or inexperienced ...1940 Amer. dial.
• SHLEMOZZLE a fool, esp. an unfortunate, an incompetent ...L19 sl.
• SHOWER 1. a group of ineffectual or incompetent people ...1941 Brit. sl.
  2. an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1949 Brit. sl.
• SIZZER one regarded as foolish, incompetent, or inexperienced ...1932 Amer. dial.
• SKATE a lazy and/or incompetent worker ...1998 US Army usage
• SPAS an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1965 sl.
• SPASTIC an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1981 sl.
• SPAZ an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1965 sl.
• STIFF an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1882 sl., orig. US
• STUMBLE-BUM. an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1932 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• THROTTLEBOTTOM a harmless incompetent in public office ...20C
• TURKEY an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1951 US  sl.
• TWINK a jerk; an incompetent fool ...20C US sl.
• WANK a lazy, incompetent, unpleasant person ...1940s sl.
• WANKER a lazy, incompetent, unpleasant person ...1940s sl.
• WET FISH an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1944 sl.
• WIMP a spineless, whimpering, undesirable person; an ineffectual or incompetent person; a weak, ineffectual man ...1920 sl., orig. US
• WRITE-OFF a useless or worthless person; an incompetent person; a no-hoper ...M20 sl., chiefly Services'
• WRONG GEE a devious and corrupt man; an incompetent person; an untrustworthy person ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• WRONG GUY a devious and corrupt man; an incompetent person; an untrustworthy person ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• WRONG INJUN an incompetent person; an untrustworthy person ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• WRONG 'UN a criminal; a thoroughly bad person; an untrustworthy, incompetent person, animal, action, circumstance, or event ...L19 sl.
• WUSS an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1960s sl., orig. & chiefly US
 
INCOMPETENTLY - adverbs
• HALF-ARSED carelessly, incompetently ...1920s sl., orig. US
• HALF-ASS carelessly, incompetently ...1920s sl., orig. US
• HALF-ASSED carelessly, incompetently; haphazardly ...1920s sl., orig. US
• NOT FOR TOFFEE ineffectually, incompetently; used to denote incompetence ...1914 sl.
 
INCOMPLETE - adjectives
• HALF-ARSED incomplete, not serious, half-hearted ...1933 US sl.
• HALF-ASSED incomplete, not serious, half-hearted ...1933 US sl.
• HALF-COCKED not fully capable; not completely thought out; unfinished; incomplete ...1833 US sl.
• HALF-FACED imperfect, incomplete, half-and-half ...1592
• IMPERFECTED † not perfected; incomplete, imperfect ...1552
• MANK † deficient, defective, incomplete ...1700 Sc.
• WANE † incomplete; not fully formed or properly shaped; of the moon: not full ...1456
 
INCOMPLETELY - adverbs
• BY HALVERS incompletely ...1867 Amer. dial.
• PARCELLY † in part, partly, incompletely ...1509
 
INCOMPREHENSIBILITY - nouns
• ACATALEPSY incomprehensibility ...1605
 
INCOMPREHENSIBLE - adjectives
• ACATALEPTIC * incapable of being certainly comprehended or ascertained ...1731
• FATHOMLESS that cannot be fully understood; incomprehensible ...1645
• GOOFY incomprehensible ...1910s US sl.
• HAITHEN outlandish, incomprehensible ...1871 Sc.
• IMPERSCRUTABLE † not to be searched out; unsearchable, inscrutable, unintelligible, incomprehensible ...1526
• IMPERVESTIGABLE †* that cannot be thoroughly investigated or found out; unintelligible; incomprehensible ...1656
• UNCOGITABLE † unintelligible, incomprehensible ...1529
• UNCOGNIZABLE unintelligible, incomprehensible ...1720
• UNCOGNOSCIBLE unintelligible, incomprehensible ...1810
 
INCONCEIVABLE - adjectives
• INCOGITABLE that cannot be thought of; unthinkable, inconceivable ...1522