inconsistency (redirected from inconsistencies)

in·con·sis·ten·cy  (nkn-sstn-s)

n. pl. in·con·sis·ten·cies

1. The state or quality of being inconsistent.

2. Something inconsistent: many inconsistencies in your proposal.

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inconsistency [ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənsɪ]

n pl -cies

1. lack of consistency or agreement; incompatibility

2. an inconsistent feature or quality

3. (Philosophy / Logic) Logic

a.  the property of being inconsistent

b.  a self-contradictory proposition

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	inconsistency - the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time incompatibility, mutual exclusiveness, repugnance contradictoriness - the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist
	2.	inconsistency - the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts nonuniformity - the quality of being diverse and interesting consistence, consistency - a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

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inconsistency

noun

1. unreliability, instability, unpredictability, fickleness, unsteadiness His worst fault was his inconsistency.

2. incompatibility, paradox, discrepancy, disparity, disagreement, variance, divergence, incongruity, contrariety, inconsonance the alleged inconsistencies in his evidence

Translations

inconsistency [ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənsɪ] N

1. (= inconsistent nature) [of behaviour] → carácter m contradictorio or incongruente; [of statement, account, evidence, policy] → falta f de coherencia
his worst fault is his inconsistency → su peor defecto es que es un inconsecuente

2. (= contradiction) → contradicción f

inconsistency [ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənsi] n

[person] → inconséquence f

[work] → irrégularité f

[discipline, regulations] → manque m de constance

(= conflict) → contradiction f
inconsistency between
the inconsistency between his political and his religious beliefs → la contradiction entre ses croyances politiques et religieuses

(in statement, evidence) → contradiction f
the inconsistencies in his evidence → les contradictions dans son témoignage

inconsistency

n

(= contradictoriness) → Widersprüchlichkeit f, → Ungereimtheit f; the inconsistencies in his evidence → die Widersprüche in seiner Aussage

(= unevenness: of work, in quality etc) → Unbeständigkeit f

inconsistency [ˌɪnkənˈsɪst/ənsɪ] n

a. (of actions) → contraddizione f, incoerenza; (of work) → irregolarità

b. (of statement) → incongruenza

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inconsistency [ˌɪnkənˈsɪst/ənsɪ] n

a. (of actions) → contraddizione f, incoerenza; (of work) → irregolarità

b. (of statement) → incongruenza