Usually means: Inconsistent with expectations or norms.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word discrepant:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. discrepant: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. discrepant: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. discrepant: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. discrepant: Collins English Dictionary
  5. discrepant: Vocabulary.com
  6. discrepant: Wordnik
  7. discrepant: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. discrepant: Wiktionary
  9. discrepant: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. discrepant: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Discrepant, discrepant: Dictionary.com
  12. Discrepant: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. discrepant: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. discrepant: Rhymezone
  15. Discrepant: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. discrepant: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. discrepant: Free Dictionary
  18. discrepant: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. discrepant: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. discrepant: Legal dictionary
  2. discrepant: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. discrepant: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (discrepant)

▸ adjective:  Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
▸ noun:  (archaic) A dissident.

Similar:
discordant, inconsistent, incompatible, incongruous, at variance, nondiscrepant, divergent, different, differing, dissonant, more...

Opposite:
consistent, congruent, harmonious, compatible

Types:
conflicting, contradictory, inconsistent, opposite, divergent, at odds, more...

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Similar:
discordant, inconsistent, incompatible, incongruous, at variance, nondiscrepant, divergent, different, differing, dissonant, more...

Opposite:
consistent, congruent, harmonious, compatible

Types:
conflicting, contradictory, inconsistent, opposite, divergent, at odds, more...



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