unconsistent
unconsistent is the alternative form of inconsistent.
Meaning of inconsistent
Adjective
inconsistent (comparative more inconsistent, superlative most inconsistent)
- Not compatible (with another thing); incompatible, discrepant, at odds.
- His account of the evening was inconsistent with the security-camera footage.
- Antonyms:
- consistent
- 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.
- Antonyms:
- consistent
- Not consistent or coherent in thought or behavior.
- “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 [...]”1848, The Columbian Magazine, volume 9, page 88
- Antonyms:
- consistent
- Having the property that a contradiction can be derived.
- Antonyms:
- consistent
Origin of unconsistent
From un- + consistent.
Questions about unconsistent
- What is unconsistent the alternative form of?
- Unconsistent is the alternative form of inconsistent.
Words near unconsistent in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unconsistent (page history and authors); inconsistent (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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