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in⋅con⋅se⋅quent

  [in-kon-si-kwent, -kwuhnt]
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–adjective
1. characterized by lack of proper sequence in thought, speech, or action.
2. characterized by lack of logical sequence; illogical; inconsecutive: inconsequent reasoning.
3. irrelevant: an inconsequent remark.
4. not following from the premises: an inconsequent deduction.
5. not in keeping with the general character or design; inconsistent: inconsequent ornamentation.
6. without worth or consequence; trivial: a frivolous, inconsequent young man.
Origin:
1570–80; < LL inconsequent- (s. of inconsequēns) not following. See in- 3 , consequent

Related forms:
in⋅con⋅se⋅quence, in⋅con⋅se⋅quent⋅ness, noun
in⋅con⋅se⋅quent⋅ly, adverb
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in·con·se·quent   (ĭn-kŏn'sĭ-kwənt)   
adj.  
  1. Having no importance or significance.
  2. Inconsistent or illogical: inconsequent reasoning.
  3. Proceeding without a natural or logical sequence; haphazard: a speech full of inconsequent statements.

[Late Latin incōnsequēns, incōnsequent- : Latin in-, not; see in-1 + Latin cōnsequēns, consequent; see consequent.]
in·con'se·quence n., in·con'se·quent·ly adv.
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Inconsequence

In*con"se*quence\, n. [L. inconsequentia: cf. F. incons['e]quence.] The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. --Bp. Stillingfleet.

Strange, that you should not see the inconsequence of your own reasoning! --Bp. Hurd.
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