incongruous
in-KONG-groo-usadjMeaning out of place; not fitting in with its surroundings
Memory hook IN-CONGRUOUS: a penguin in the desert. A penguin waddles across the hot desert sand past a puzzled camel. It is completely out of place: incongruous.
Grandpa’s heavy wool coat looked incongruous on the sunny beach among all the swimsuits.
In context The shiny glass tower looked incongruous beside the row of tiny, hundred-year-old wooden cottages, like a robot at a tea party.
Similar out of place, mismatched, jarring, odd
Opposite fitting, appropriate, harmonious
From Latin incongruus, “not agreeing”: in- (not) + congruus (fitting, agreeing).