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inconsistent

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adj/ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt/
  1. 1

    Not consistent:; Not compatible (with another thing); incompatible, discrepant, at odds.

    • His account of the evening was inconsistent with the security-camera footage.
  2. 2

    Not consistent:; Lacking internal consistency; self-contradicting; not compatible with itself.

    • He gave an inconsistent account of the evening, saying he called her before eight, but later that he had not talked to her until after nine.
  3. 3

    Not consistent:; Not consistent or coherent in thought or behavior.

    • “Take him for better or worse,” added Mr. Lee, “and I think he is the strangest and most inconsistent man I ever saw.” “Inconsistent!” resumed Mr. Jones. “He is worse than inconsistent. Inconsistencies may be pardoned as constitutional defe
  4. 4

    Not consistent:; Having the property that a contradiction can be derived.

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