inconsistency

in·con·sis·ten·cy

 (ĭn′kən-sĭs′tən-sē)

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. (Logic) logic

a. the property of being inconsistent

b. a self-contradictory proposition

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in•con•sist•en•cy

(ˌɪn kənˈsɪs tən si)

n., pl. -cies.

1. the quality or condition of being inconsistent.

2. something that is inconsistent: a report full of inconsistencies.

Often, in`con•sist′ence.

[1640–50]

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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

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inconsistency

noun

A marked lack of correspondence or agreement:

difference, disagreement, discrepance, discrepancy, disparity, gap, incompatibility, incongruity.

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Translations

nedůslednostneslučitelnost

inkonsekvensuforenelighed

Widerspruch

ασυνέπεια

inconsistance

következetlenség

ósamkvæmni

incoerenza

inkonsekvens

tutarsızlık

不一致

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

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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

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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

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inconsistency

[ˌɪnkənˈsɪst/ənsɪ] n

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

b. (of statement) → incongruenza

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inconsistent

(inkənˈsistənt) adjective

1. (often with with) contradictory in some way; not in agreement. What you're saying today is quite inconsistent with the statement you made yesterday. teenstrydig غَيْر مُتوافِق، غَيْر مُنْسَجِم несъответстващ inconsistente odporující widersprüchlich modstridende; inkonsistent ασυνεπής, ανακόλουθος, ασύμφωνος inconsecuente, contradictorio vastuoluline ناسازگار؛ مغایر epäjohdonmukainen en contradiction (avec) לא עִקבִי असंगत nespojiv, protuslovan ellentmondó tidak sesuai, tidak tetap ósamkvæmur incoerente 統一のない 모순되는 nesuderinamas, prieštaraujantis nekonsekvents; pretrunīgs; nesavienojams tidak konsisten strijdig, inconsequentselvmotsigende, ulogisksprzeczny ناجوګه inconsistente în contradicţie (cu) противоречивый nezlučiteľný; nezhodný; protirečivý protisloven nedosledan oförenlig ซึ่งขัดแย้งกัน aykırı, birbirine ters düşen 不一致的 непослідовний, суперечний غیر مستقل مزاج mâu thuẫn 不一致的

2. changeable, eg in standard. His work is inconsistent. veranderlik غَيْر ثابِت، مُتَغَيِّر непосотянен variável proměnlivý, nestálý unbeständig svingende ασταθής, ασυνεπήςinconsistente ebaühtlane متغییر؛ دمدمی vaihteleva inégal לא עִקבִי परिवर्तनीय nestalan nem következetes, következetlen berubah-ubah ójafn, misjafn incostante 気まぐれな 변덕스러운 nenuoseklus, netolygus nestabils; nepastāvīgs tidak tekal ongelijkinkonsekvent, svingendeniekonsekwentny بدلیدل variável inegal, inconsecvent непоследовательный vrtkavý nestanoviten nedosledan ojämn ไม่คงเส้นคงวา değişken, tutarsız, istikrarsız 水準不一的，易變的 нестійкий, мінливий اصولوں سے انحراف کرنے والا hay thay đổi 常变的

ˌinconˈsistency noun

(plural inconˈsistencies). teenstrydigheid عَدَم تَوافُق، تَناقُض، تَعارُض، عَدم ثَبات непоследователност inconsistência neslučitelnost, nedůslednost der Widerspruch inkonsekvens; uforenelighed ασυνέπειαinconsistencia järjekindlusetus تناقض؛ تضاد epäjohdonmukaisuus inconsistance חוֹסֶר עִקבִיוּת असंगति, विरोध आदि neslaganje következetlenség ketidaksesuaian, ketidak-tetapan ósamkvæmni incoerenza 矛盾 모순 nenuoseklumas nekonsekvence; pretruna; nepastāvīgums sifat tidak konsisten inconsistentie, ongelijkheidinkonsekvens, uoverensstemmelse brak konsekwencji تضاد variabilidade inconsecvenţă противоречивость; непоследовательность nezlučiteľnosť protislovje nedoslednost oförenlighet ความไม่คงเส้นคงวา tutarsızlık 不一致，易變 непослідовність; мінливість بے ربطیاں tính mâu thuẫn 不一致

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inconsistency

n. inconsistencia.

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