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inconsistency
[ in-kuhn-sis-tuhn-see ]
noun
- the quality or condition of being inconsistent.
- an inconsistent thing, action, remark, etc.
inconsistency
/ ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənsɪ /
noun
- lack of consistency or agreement; incompatibility
- an inconsistent feature or quality
- logic
- the property of being inconsistent
- a self-contradictory proposition
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Word History and Origins
Origin of inconsistency1
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Example Sentences
Independent artist Erika Moen addresses this inconsistency in the inaugural strip of her newest comic series, Oh Joy Sex Toy.
Month-to-month reports exposed an even more alarming inconsistency.
The liberals have allowed that belief to emerge by acquiescing in conservative inconsistency.
Last year he proved that he still has electric ability, but his inconsistency and durability concerns are worse than ever.
Inconsistency in Washington politics today is the rule, not the exception, and it goes far beyond bill scoring.
But our ancestors were generally so much blinded by prejudice that this inconsistency passed unnoticed.
The poor girl pitied me from her heart; but, at the same time, reminded me of the strange inconsistency of my principles.
Yet we are content to hunt for the motives of this inconsistency of belief and action, instead of rectifying it!
Sheridan fanned the flame; he taunted Burke with inconsistency, and pronounced a panegyric on the revolutionary leaders.
It is better to drop a tear over the inconsistency of human nature, and to bewail those infirmities which cannot be justified.
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