incompact

English

Alternative forms

• incompacted

Etymology

From in- +‎ compact.

Adjective

incompact (comparative more incompact, superlative most incompact)

1. Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; incoherent or loose.

   incompact mass/group/cooperation/soil

   • 1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC:

     four elements might, indeed, be variously and loosely blended together, but would remain incompact

Synonyms

• spread out, thin, uncompact; see also Thesaurus:diffuse

Derived terms

• incompactness

References

• “incompact”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• compactin