inconsistency
the quality or condition of being inconsistent.
an inconsistent thing, action, remark, etc.
Origin of inconsistency
1- Also in·con·sist·ence .
Words Nearby inconsistency
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How to use inconsistency in a sentence
Independent artist Erika Moen addresses this inconsistency in the inaugural strip of her newest comic series, Oh Joy Sex Toy.
‘Oh Joy Sex Toy’: The Internet’s Most Radical Sex-Fueled Comic Strip | Rich Goldstein | May 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMonth-to-month reports exposed an even more alarming inconsistency.
Gov't Abandons Best Survey for Counting U.S. Drug Users | Abby Haglage | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe liberals have allowed that belief to emerge by acquiescing in conservative inconsistency.
Originalists Making It Up Again: McCutcheon and ‘Corruption’ | Lawrence Lessig | April 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLast year he proved that he still has electric ability, but his inconsistency and durability concerns are worse than ever.
First Mega-Deal Is Done as the NFL’s Free Agent Scrap Begins | Ben Teitelbaum | March 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTinconsistency in Washington politics today is the rule, not the exception, and it goes far beyond bill scoring.
Democrats Can’t Accept the Trade Off of a Job-Killing Minimum Wage | Kristen Soltis Anderson | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But our ancestors were generally so much blinded by prejudice that this inconsistency passed unnoticed.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThe poor girl pitied me from her heart; but, at the same time, reminded me of the strange inconsistency of my principles.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoYet we are content to hunt for the motives of this inconsistency of belief and action, instead of rectifying it!
Alone | Marion HarlandSheridan fanned the flame; he taunted Burke with inconsistency, and pronounced a panegyric on the revolutionary leaders.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntIt is better to drop a tear over the inconsistency of human nature, and to bewail those infirmities which cannot be justified.
Fox's Book of Martyrs | John Foxe
British Dictionary definitions for inconsistency
/ (ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənsɪ) /
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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