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Definition of "inconsistency" []

  • The state or quality of being inconsistent. (noun)
  • Something inconsistent: many inconsistencies in your proposal. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "inconsistency" in a sentence
  • "I believe one of the traditional liberal defenses of the inconsistency is an argument about strong/weak group relations."
  • "Some French commentators criticized the president for what they called his inconsistency over China and human rights."
  • "Such inconsistency is interesting, though, and almost inevitable when one sees fit to defend the English language from “plagues”, “attacks”, and presumably imminent doom."