inconsistent

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 6.48 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Not consistent:

   His account of the evening was inconsistent with the security-camera footage.

2. adjective Not compatible (with another thing); incompatible, discrepant, at odds.

   His account of the evening was inconsistent with the security-camera footage.

3. adjective 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.

4. adjective Not consistent or coherent in thought or behavior.
5. adjective Having the property that a contradiction can be derived.

Similar words

incongruous incompatible discrepant irreconcilable uneven unreconcilable contradictory conflicting unreconciled unconformable

Often followed by

with and in to or results herewith statements statement

Word family

income incomes inconsistencies inconsistency inconsistently