inconsistent

English

Etymology

in- +‎ consistent

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt/

Adjective

inconsistent (comparative more inconsistent, superlative most inconsistent)

1. Not consistent:

   Antonym: consistent

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

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

   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.

      • 1862, The Christian Reformer (ed. Robert Aspland):

        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 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 [...]”

   4. (logic) Having the property that a contradiction can be derived.

Derived terms

• inconsistently

Related terms

• inconsistency

Translations

not compatible

• Bulgarian: несъвместим (bg) (nesǎvmestim)
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• Hungarian: ellentmondó (hu), összeegyeztethetetlen (hu)

not consistent

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: непоследователен (bg) (neposledovatelen), противоречив (bg) (protivorečiv)
• Catalan: inconsistent
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不一致的 (bù yīzhì de)

• Czech: nekonzistentní
• Esperanto: malakorda
• Finnish: epäjohdonmukainen, inkonsistentti, epäkonsistentti
• French: incohérent (fr), incompatible (fr)
• Georgian: შეუთავსებელი (šeutavsebeli)
• German: inkonsistent (de)
• Greek: ανακόλουθος (el) (anakólouthos)

  Ancient Greek: ἀνακόλουθος (anakólouthos)

• Hungarian: inkonzisztens, következetlen (hu)
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• Indonesian: inkonsisten (id)
• Latin: alienus (la)
• Maori: hārakiraki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: inkonsekvent (no), selvmotsigende

  Nynorsk: inkonsekvent, sjølvmotseiande

• Polish: niekonsekwentny (pl), niespójny (pl), sprzeczny (pl)
• Portuguese: inconsistente (pt)
• Romanian: neconsistent (ro), inconsistent (ro)
• Russian: рассогласованный (ru) (rassoglasovannyj), непостоя́нный (ru) (nepostojánnyj), непосле́довательный (ru) (neposlédovatelʹnyj), противоречи́вый (ru) (protivorečívyj), неусто́йчивый (ru) (neustójčivyj), изме́нчивый (ru) (izménčivyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chòrdail
• Spanish: inconsistente (es), inconsecuente (es)
• Swedish: inkonsekvent (sv)

Anagrams

• nonscientist

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Catalan

Etymology

in- +‎ consistent

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [iŋ.kun.sisˈten]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [iŋ.kon.sisˈtent]

Adjective

inconsistent m or f (masculine and feminine plural inconsistents)

1. inconsistent

   Antonym: consistent

Related terms

• inconsistència

Further reading

• “inconsistent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inconsistent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “inconsistent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inconsistent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.