inconsistent

UK /ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt/ US /ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt/
adj 4

Definitions

adj

1

Not consistent:

His account of the evening was inconsistent with the security-camera footage.

2

Not consistent:

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.

He was one of those men of inconsistent politics, governed at once by prejudice and sympathies, whose 'attitude' it is impossible to foretell.

3

Not consistent:

“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 [...]”

4

Not consistent:

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