'Inconsistent' definitions:
Definition of 'inconsistent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Displaying a lack of consistency; "inconsistent statements cannot both be true at the same time"; "inconsistent with the roadmap" [ant: consistent]
adjective
Not capable of being made consistent or harmonious; "inconsistent accounts"
adjective
Not in agreement [syn: discrepant, inconsistent]
Definition of 'Inconsistent'
From: GCIDE
- Inconsistent \In`con*sist"ent\, a. [Pref. in- not + consistent: cf. F. inconsistant.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Not consistent; showing inconsistency; irreconcilable; contradictory, or having contradictory implications; discordant; at variance, esp. as regards character, sentiment, or action; incompatible; incongruous. [1913 Webster]
- Compositions of this nature . . . show that wisdom and virtue are far from being inconsistent with politeness and good humor. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not exhibiting uniformity of sentiment, steadiness to principle, etc.; unequal; fickle; changeable. [1913 Webster]
- Ah, how unjust to nature, and himself, Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man. --Young.
- Syn: Incompatible; incongruous; irreconcilable; discordant; repugnant; contradictory.
- Usage: Inconsistent, Incongruous, Incompatible. Things are incongruous when they are not suited to each other, so that their union is unbecoming; inconsistent when they are opposed to each other, so as render it improper or wrong; incompatible when they can not coexist, and it is therefore impossible to unite them. Habitual levity of mind is incongruous with the profession of a clergyman; it is inconsistent with his ordination vows; it is incompatible with his permanent usefulness. Incongruity attaches to the modes and qualities of things; incompatibility attaches to their essential attributes; inconsistency attaches to the actions, sentiments, etc., of men. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inconsistent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnormal,
- absonant,
- absurd,
- adrift,
- adversative,
- adverse,
- adversive,
- afloat,
- aloof,
- alternating,
- amorphous,
- anomalous,
- antagonistic,
- anti,
- antipathetic,
- antithetic,
- antonymous,
- assorted,
- at cross-purposes,
- at odds,
- at variance,
- balancing,
- broken,
- capricious,
- changeable,
- changeful,
- changing,
- choppy,
- clashing,
- compensating,
- conflicting,
- confronting,
- contradictory,
- contradistinct,
- contrapositive,
- contrarious,
- contrary,
- contrary to reason,
- contrasted,
- contrasting,
- converse,
- counter,
- counterbalancing,
- counterpoised,
- countervailing,
- dead against,
- departing,
- desultory,
- detached,
- deviable,
- deviating,
- deviative,
- deviatory,
- different,
- differentiated,
- differing,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeing,
- disconnected,
- discontinuous,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- discrete,
- discriminated,
- disjoined,
- disorderly,
- disparate,
- disproportionate,
- dissimilar,
- dissonant,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- divaricate,
- divergent,
- diverging,
- divers,
- diverse,
- diversified,
- diversiform,
- dizzy,
- eccentric,
- erose,
- erratic,
- eyeball to eyeball,
- fallacious,
- fast and loose,
- faulty,
- fickle,
- fitful,
- flawed,
- flickering,
- flighty,
- flitting,
- fluctuating,
- freakish,
- gapped,
- giddy,
- heterogeneous,
- hostile,
- illogical,
- impetuous,
- impulsive,
- in disagreement,
- inaccordant,
- inauthentic,
- incoherent,
- incommensurable,
- incommensurate,
- incompatible,
- inconclusive,
- incongruous,
- inconsequent,
- inconsequential,
- inconsonant,
- inconstant,
- indecisive,
- infirm,
- inharmonious,
- inimical,
- invalid,
- inverse,
- irrational,
- irreconcilable,
- irregular,
- irresolute,
- irresponsible,
- jagged,
- jerky,
- loose,
- lubricious,
- many,
- mazy,
- mercurial,
- moody,
- motley,
- multifarious,
- mutable,
- nonadherent,
- nonadhesive,
- noncoherent,
- noncohesive,
- nonconformist,
- nonscientific,
- nonstandard,
- nonuniform,
- not following,
- obverse,
- open,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposite,
- oppositional,
- oppositive,
- oppugnant,
- out of proportion,
- oxymoronic,
- paradoxical,
- paralogical,
- perverse,
- pluralistic,
- poles apart,
- poles asunder,
- ragged,
- rambling,
- reasonless,
- repugnant,
- restless,
- reverse,
- rough,
- roving,
- scatterbrained,
- self-annulling,
- self-contradictory,
- self-refuting,
- senseless,
- separate,
- separated,
- several,
- shapeless,
- shifting,
- shifty,
- shuffling,
- spasmodic,
- spineless,
- sporadic,
- squared off,
- temperamental,
- tenuous,
- ticklish,
- unaccountable,
- unadhesive,
- unauthentic,
- uncertain,
- uncoherent,
- uncohesive,
- unconformable,
- unconnected,
- uncontrolled,
- undependable,
- undisciplined,
- unequable,
- unequal,
- uneven,
- unfixed,
- unjoined,
- unlike,
- unorthodox,
- unphilosophical,
- unpredictable,
- unreasonable,
- unreliable,
- unrestrained,
- unscientific,
- unsettled,
- unstable,
- unstable as water,
- unstaid,
- unsteadfast,
- unsteady,
- unsystematic,
- untenacious,
- ununiform,
- vacillating,
- vagrant,
- variable,
- variant,
- varied,
- variegated,
- variform,
- various,
- varying,
- vicissitudinary,
- vicissitudinous,
- volatile,
- wandering,
- wanton,
- wavering,
- wavery,
- wavy,
- wayward,
- whimsical,
- widely apart,
- wishy-washy,
- without reason,
- worlds apart