inconsistent en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Italic *sistō Latin sistō Latin cōnsistō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -ens Latin consistensbor. English consistent English inconsistent From in- + consistent.
Meanings
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Not consistent: ▸ Not compatible (with another thing); incompatible, discrepant, at odds.
His account of the evening was inconsistent with the security-camera footage.
There was of course no question of admitting that the two texts were in any way inconsistent with each other.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 464:
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Not consistent: ▸ Lacking internal consistency; self-contradicting; not compatible with itself.
He was one of those men of inconsistent politics, governed at once by prejudice and sympathies, whose 'attitude' it is impossible to foretell.
1862, Robert Aspland, editor, The Christian Reformer: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.
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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 defects [...]”
1848, The Columbian Magazine, volume 9, page 88:
- Not consistent: ▸ Having the property that a contradiction can be derived.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more inconsistent | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most inconsistent | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
consistent · consistent · consistent · consistent
Deriveds
inconsistently · inconsistentness
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Synonyms
Translations (54)
el ανακόλουθος (not consistent) · ro neconsistent (not consistent) · fr incompatible (not consistent) · de widersprüchlich (not consistent) · fi epäkonsistentti (not consistent) · gd mì-chòrdail (not consistent) · ru изме́нчивый (not consistent) · ru неусто́йчивый (not consistent) · es inconsecuente (not consistent) · hu következetlen (not consistent) · hu összeegyeztethetetlen (not compatible) · mi hārakiraki (not consistent) · ru рассогласованный (not consistent) · it inconsistente (not consistent) · fi inkonsistentti (not consistent) · nn inkonsekvent (not consistent) · pl niekonsekwentny (not consistent) · grc ἀνακόλουθος (not consistent) · gl inconsistente (not consistent) · de stimmt nicht überein (not consistent) · la inconstans (not consistent) · nn sjølvmotseiande (not consistent) · nb selvmotsigende (not consistent) · es inconsistente (not consistent) · bg противоречив (not consistent) · pl niespójny (not consistent) · bg непоследователен (not consistent) · ru противоречи́вый (not consistent) · la alienus (not compatible) · de fremd (not compatible) · ca inconsistent (not consistent) · ro inconsistent (not consistent) · hu ellentmondó (not compatible) · fr incohérent (not consistent) · fi vaihteleva (not consistent) · eo malakorda (not consistent) · de nicht vereinbar (mit) (not compatible) · pt inconsistente (not consistent) · cs nekonzistentní (not consistent) · de nicht kompatibel (mit) (not compatible) · bg несъвместим (not compatible) · ka შეუთავსებელი (not consistent) · id inkonsisten (not consistent) · pdt onbestendich (not consistent) · oc inconsistent (not consistent) · ru непосле́довательный (not consistent) · pl sprzeczny (not consistent) · ru непостоя́нный (not consistent) · cmn 不一致的 (not consistent) · hu inkonzisztens (not consistent) · sv inkonsekvent (not consistent) · fi epäjohdonmukainen (not consistent) · nb inkonsekvent (not consistent) · de inkonsistent (not consistent)