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The state or condition of being incontrovertible.

Not controvertible; too clear or certain to admit of dispute; indisputable. Sir T. Browne. -- In*con`tro*ver"ti*ble*ness, n. -- In*con`tro*ver"ti*bly, adv.

The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement. They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, . . . of ceremonies in burial. Hooker.

Inconvenience.

Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.

In an inconvenient manner; incommodiously; unsuitably; unseasonably.

Incommunicative; unsocial; reserved. [Obs.]

Not conversant; not acquainted; not versed; unfamiliar.

Not turned or changed about. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as, the inconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead, into gold.

Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie. Walsh.

Inconvertibility.

In an inconvertible manner.

Not convincible; incapable of being convinced. None are so inconvincible as your half-witted people. Gov. of the Tongue.

In a manner not admitting of being convinced.

Unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate. [Obs.] Most sweet jests! most incony vulgar wit! Shak.

Not coördinate.

Want of coördination; lack of harmonious adjustment or action. Incoördination of muscular movement (Physiol.), irregularity in movements resulting from inharmonious action of the muscles in consequence of loss of voluntary control over them.

Crowned. [R.] Longfellow.

Immaterial; incorporeal; spiritual. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.