to be inconsistent

  • 1inconsistent — I adjective at variance, capricious, changeable, conflicting, contradictory, contrarius, contrary, different, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, dissonant, divergent, erratic, fickle, fitful, flighty, illogical, incompatible, incongruous,… …

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  • 2Inconsistent — 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 …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3inconsistent — INCONSISTÉNT, Ă, inconsistenţi, te, adj. Care este lipsit de consistenţă, de soliditate; neconsistent; fără tărie; slab, moale. – Din fr. inconsistant. Trimis de valeriu, 21.07.2003. Sursa: DEX 98  Inconsistent ≠ consistent Trimis de siveco,… …

    Dicționar Român

  • 4inconsistent fact — a party should not in any pleading make any allegation of fact or raise any new ground of claim that is inconsistent with a previous pleading of his. However, inconsistent facts may be alleged as alternative grounds on which he is entitled to… …

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  • 5inconsistent with — phrase if something is inconsistent with something else, it does not match it measures that are inconsistent with government policy Thesaurus: different and differentlysynonym Main entry: inconsistent …

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  • 6inconsistent — [in΄kən sis′tənt] adj. not consistent; specif., a) not in agreement, harmony, or accord; incompatible [acts inconsistent with belief] b) not uniform; self contradictory [inconsistent testimony] c) not always holding to the same principles or… …

    English World dictionary

  • 7inconsistent gene location — inconsistent gene location. См. противоречивая локализация гена. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

    Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • 8Inconsistent — (v. lat.), unbeständig, unhaltbar; daher Inconsistenz, Unbeständigkeit …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 9Inconsistent — Inconsistent, lat. deutsch, unbeständig; Inconsistenz, Unbeständigkeit …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 10inconsistent equations — n. two or more equations impossible to satisfy by any one set of values for the variables (Ex.: x + y = 1 and x + y = 2) * * * …

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