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inconsequent
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in·con·se·quent       [in-kon-si-kwent, -kwuhnt] Pronunciation Key
–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 inconsequéns) 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)  Pronunciation Key 
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

noun
1. having no important effects or influence [ant: consequence] 
2. invalid or incorrect reasoning [syn: illogicality] [ant: logicality] 

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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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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