Inconsistent

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inconsistent \In`con*sist"ent\, a. [Pref. in- not + consistent:
     cf. F. inconsistant.]
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     1. Not consistent; showing inconsistency; irreconcilable;
        contradictory, or having contradictory implications;
        discordant; at variance, esp. as regards character,


        sentiment, or action; incompatible; incongruous.
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              Compositions of this nature . . . show that wisdom
              and virtue are far from being inconsistent with
              politeness and good humor.            --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Not exhibiting uniformity of sentiment, steadiness to
        principle, etc.; unequal; fickle; changeable.
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              Ah, how unjust to nature, and himself,
              Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man.
                                                    --Young.
  
     Syn: Incompatible; incongruous; irreconcilable; discordant;
          repugnant; contradictory.
  
     Usage: {Inconsistent}, {Incongruous}, {Incompatible}. Things
            are incongruous when they are not suited to each
            other, so that their union is unbecoming; inconsistent
            when they are opposed to each other, so as render it
            improper or wrong; incompatible when they can not
            coexist, and it is therefore impossible to unite them.
            Habitual levity of mind is incongruous with the
            profession of a clergyman; it is inconsistent with his
            ordination vows; it is incompatible with his permanent
            usefulness. Incongruity attaches to the modes and
            qualities of things; incompatibility attaches to their
            essential attributes; inconsistency attaches to the
            actions, sentiments, etc., of men.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inconsistent
       adj 1: displaying a lack of consistency; "inconsistent statements";
              "inconsistent with the roadmap" [ant: {consistent}]
       2: not capable of being made consistent or harmonious;
          "inconsistent accounts"
       3: not in agreement [syn: {discrepant}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  245 Moby Thesaurus words for "inconsistent":
     abnormal, absonant, absurd, adrift, adversative, adverse,
     adversive, afloat, aloof, alternating, amorphous, anomalous,
     antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, antonymous, assorted,
     at cross-purposes, at odds, at variance, balancing, broken,
     capricious, changeable, changeful, changing, choppy, clashing,
     compensating, conflicting, confronting, contradictory,
     contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious, contrary,
     contrary to reason, contrasted, contrasting, converse, counter,
     counterbalancing, counterpoised, countervailing, dead against,
     departing, desultory, detached, deviable, deviating, deviative,
     deviatory, different, differentiated, differing, disaccordant,
     disagreeing, disconnected, discontinuous, discordant, discrepant,
     discrete, discriminated, disjoined, disorderly, disparate,
     disproportionate, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct, distinguished,
     divaricate, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified,
     diversiform, dizzy, eccentric, erose, erratic, eyeball to eyeball,
     fallacious, fast and loose, faulty, fickle, fitful, flawed,
     flickering, flighty, flitting, fluctuating, freakish, gapped,
     giddy, heterogeneous, hostile, illogical, impetuous, impulsive,
     in disagreement, inaccordant, inauthentic, incoherent,
     incommensurable, incommensurate, incompatible, inconclusive,
     incongruous, inconsequent, inconsequential, inconsonant,
     inconstant, indecisive, infirm, inharmonious, inimical, invalid,
     inverse, irrational, irreconcilable, irregular, irresolute,
     irresponsible, jagged, jerky, loose, lubricious, many, mazy,
     mercurial, moody, motley, multifarious, mutable, nonadherent,
     nonadhesive, noncoherent, noncohesive, nonconformist,
     nonscientific, nonstandard, nonuniform, not following, obverse,
     open, opposed, opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive,
     oppugnant, out of proportion, oxymoronic, paradoxical, paralogical,
     perverse, pluralistic, poles apart, poles asunder, ragged,
     rambling, reasonless, repugnant, restless, reverse, rough, roving,
     scatterbrained, self-annulling, self-contradictory, self-refuting,
     senseless, separate, separated, several, shapeless, shifting,
     shifty, shuffling, spasmodic, spineless, sporadic, squared off,
     temperamental, tenuous, ticklish, unaccountable, unadhesive,
     unauthentic, uncertain, uncoherent, uncohesive, unconformable,
     unconnected, uncontrolled, undependable, undisciplined, unequable,
     unequal, uneven, unfixed, unjoined, unlike, unorthodox,
     unphilosophical, unpredictable, unreasonable, unreliable,
     unrestrained, unscientific, unsettled, unstable, unstable as water,
     unstaid, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsystematic, untenacious,
     ununiform, vacillating, vagrant, variable, variant, varied,
     variegated, variform, various, varying, vicissitudinary,
     vicissitudinous, volatile, wandering, wanton, wavering, wavery,
     wavy, wayward, whimsical, widely apart, wishy-washy,
     without reason, worlds apart