Meaning

4 senses
  1. Not consistent:

    Not compatible (with another thing); incompatible, discrepant, at odds.

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

    nicht kompatibel (mit), nicht vereinbar (mit), fremd

  2. Lacking internal consistency; self-contradicting; not compatible with itself.

    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.

  3. Not consistent or coherent in thought or behavior.

  4. Having the property that a contradiction can be derived.

More definitions
  • displaying a lack of consistency
  • not capable of being made consistent or harmonious
  • not in agreement

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Tom is inconsistent.

    Том непослідовний. — deniko

    ruТом непоследователен. — marafon

  2. We've been too inconsistent.

    Ми занадто непослідовні. — deniko

  3. That news report is inconsistent with the facts.

    deDieser Nachrichtenbeitrag stimmt nicht mit den Fakten überein. — Dani6187

  4. She is a very inconsistent person.

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  5. Nursery rhymes are deliberately inconsistent texts.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
not consistent:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
not consistent:
not compatible:

Forms

more inconsistent, most inconsistent
Comparativemore inconsistent Lesson
Superlativemost inconsistent Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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