inconsistency
UK/ˌɪnkənˈsɪst(ə)nsi//ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənsi/
inconsistency noun: the state of being inconsistent.
Noun
inconsistency (countable and uncountable, plural inconsistencies)
- The state of being inconsistent.
- It was a strange inconsistency, but never till then had I been so much struck with the worthless and frivolous life of society. Never till then did I feel the deep and eternal debt of gratitude that human nature owes to those who assert its higher influence; who feel their generous activity stirred...1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 4–5
- In her pamphlet on the Russian revolution she urged Lenin to introduce unfettered democracy and at the same time to crush all nationalist movements with an iron hand, not suspecting for a moment that there might be any inconsistency in these two demands.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
- An incompatibility between two propositions that cannot both be true.
inconsistency meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
inconsistency in Hindi
- state of being inconsistent
- असंगति asaṅgti, विसंगति visaṅgti
inconsistency in Tamil
- ஒவ்வாநிலை, முன்பின் முரணான ஒத்திராத, முரண்பாடு, ஒழுங்கற்ற தன்மை, ஒவ்வாமை
inconsistency in Urdu
- کچا پن, تردد
inconsistency in Bengali
- অসঙ্গত হওয়ার অবস্থা, দুটি প্রতিজ্ঞার মধ্যে অসামঞ্জস্য
More languagesFewer languages
- inconsistency in Telugu
- అనన్వయము ananvayamu
- inconsistency in Malayalam
- ക്രമക്കേട് kramakkēṭŭ
- inconsistency in Kannada
- ಅಸಮಂಜಸತೆ, ಅಸಂಬದ್ಧತೆ
- inconsistency in Punjabi
- فرق faraq, ਫਰਕ pharak
- inconsistency in Tagalog
- pagkadimaugnayin
- inconsistency in Malay
- kesenjangan
Examples of inconsistency in a sentence
- Starting with a couple of inconsistencies, the detective began to pull apart his alibi.
- There are Mendelian inconsistencies in the data.
- This is the ideal case for bothsidesists who will point out the inconsistencies.
Synonyms of inconsistency
- contrariety
- deviation
- difference
- disagreement
- disparity
- disproportion
- disproportionateness
- dissimilarity
- dissonance
- divergence
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Antonyms
Forms of inconsistency
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Words formed from inconsistency
Questions about inconsistency
- What does inconsistency mean?
- Inconsistency means the state of being inconsistent.
- What is inconsistency in Hindi?
- Inconsistency in Hindi is असंगति (asaṅgti), विसंगति (visaṅgti). See Inconsistency meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is inconsistency?
- Inconsistency is a noun.
- How do you pronounce inconsistency?
- Inconsistency is pronounced /ˌɪnkənˈsɪst(ə)nsi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of inconsistency?
- The plural of inconsistency is inconsistencies.
Words near inconsistency in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inconsistency (page history and authors); inconsistency (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inconsistency (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inconsistency (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అనన్వయము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ക്രമക്കേട് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); inconsistency (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); فرق (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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