inconsistent

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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-redup.
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
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.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt/
    • Audio (General American):(file)
    • Audio (US):(file)

    Adjective

    inconsistent (comparative more inconsistent, superlative most inconsistent)

    1. Not consistent:
      Antonym: consistent
      2. Not compatible (with another thing); incompatible, discrepant, at odds.
        His account of the evening was inconsistent with the security-camera footage.
      3. Lacking internal consistency; self-contradicting; not compatible with itself.
        Synonyms: spotty, mixed, streaky
        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.
        • 1862, Robert Aspland, editor, The Christian Reformer:
          He was one of those men of inconsistent politics, governed at once by prejudice and sympathies, whose 'attitude' it is impossible to foretell.
      4. Not consistent or coherent in thought or behavior.
        • 1848, The Columbian Magazine, volume 9, page 88:
          “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 [...]”
      5. (logic) Having the property that a contradiction can be derived.

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    Etymology

      From in- +‎ consistent.

      Pronunciation

      Adjective

      inconsistent m or f (masculine and feminine plural inconsistents)

      1. inconsistent
        Antonym: consistent

      Further reading

      Dutch

      Etymology

      From in- +‎ consistent.

      Pronunciation

      • Audio:(file)

      Adjective

      inconsistent (comparative inconsistenter, superlative inconsistentst)

      1. inconsistent
        Antonym: consistent

      Declension

      Declension of inconsistent
      uninflected inconsistent
      inflected inconsistente
      comparative inconsistenter
      positive comparative superlative
      predicative/adverbial inconsistent inconsistenter het inconsistentst
      het inconsistentste
      indefinite m./f. sing. inconsistente inconsistentere inconsistentste
      n. sing. inconsistent inconsistenter inconsistentste
      plural inconsistente inconsistentere inconsistentste
      definite inconsistente inconsistentere inconsistentste
      partitive inconsistents inconsistenters —

      Derived terms

      Romanian

      Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *né
      Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
      Proto-Italic *n̥-
      Latin in-lbor.
      French in-
      French consistant
      French inconsistantbor.
      Romanian inconsistent

        Borrowed from French inconsistant. By surface analysis, in- + consistent.

        Adjective

        inconsistent m or n (feminine singular inconsistentă, masculine plural inconsistenți, feminine/neuter plural inconsistente)

        1. inconsistent

        Declension

        Declension of inconsistent
        singular plural
        masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
        nominative-
        accusative         		indefinite inconsistent inconsistentă inconsistenți inconsistente
        definite inconsistentul inconsistenta inconsistenții inconsistentele
        genitive-
        dative         		indefinite inconsistent inconsistente inconsistenți inconsistente
        definite inconsistentului inconsistentei inconsistenților inconsistentelor
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