inconsistent
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English consistent
English inconsistent
From in- + consistent.
Inflected forms:
form: more inconsistent
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most inconsistent
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not consistent:
pos: adj
examples: His account of the evening was inconsistent with the security-camera footage.
gloss: Not consistent:
pos: adj
examples: 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.
gloss: Not consistent:
pos: adj
examples: “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 [...]”
gloss: Not consistent:
pos: adj
Related words: inconsistency
Derived words: inconsistently
inconsistentness
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: непоследователен
roman: neposledovatelen
lang: Bulgarian
word: противоречив
roman: protivorečiv
lang: Catalan
word: inconsistent
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 不一致的
roman: bù yīzhì de
lang: Czech
word: nekonzistentní
lang: Esperanto
word: malakorda
lang: Finnish
word: epäjohdonmukainen
lang: Finnish
word: inkonsistentti
lang: Finnish
word: epäkonsistentti
lang: Finnish
word: vaihteleva
lang: French
word: incohérent
lang: French
word: incompatible
lang: Galician
word: inconsistente
lang: Georgian
word: შეუთავსებელი
roman: šeutavsebeli
lang: German
word: inkonsistent
lang: German
word: widersprüchlich
lang: German
word: stimmt nicht überein
lang: Greek
word: ανακόλουθος
roman: anakólouthos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀνακόλουθος
roman: anakólouthos
lang: Hungarian
word: inkonzisztens
lang: Hungarian
word: következetlen
lang: Indonesian
word: inkonsisten
lang: Italian
word: inconsistente
lang: Latin
word: inconstans
lang: Māori
word: hārakiraki
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: inkonsekvent
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: selvmotsigende
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: inkonsekvent
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: sjølvmotseiande
lang: Occitan
word: inconsistent
lang: Plautdietsch
word: onbestendich
lang: Polish
word: niekonsekwentny
lang: Polish
word: niespójny
lang: Polish
word: sprzeczny
lang: Portuguese
word: inconsistente
lang: Romanian
word: neconsistent
lang: Romanian
word: inconsistent
lang: Russian
word: рассогласованный
roman: rassoglasovannyj
lang: Russian
word: непостоя́нный
roman: nepostojánnyj
lang: Russian
word: непосле́довательный
roman: neposlédovatelʹnyj
lang: Russian
word: противоречи́вый
roman: protivorečívyj
lang: Russian
word: неусто́йчивый
roman: neustójčivyj
lang: Russian
word: изме́нчивый
roman: izménčivyj
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: mì-chòrdail
lang: Spanish
word: inconsistente
lang: Spanish
word: inconsecuente
lang: Swedish
word: inkonsekvent