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in·con·sis·tent

(ĭn′kən-sĭs′tənt)

adj.

1. Displaying or marked by a lack of consistency, especially:

a. Not regular or predictable; erratic: inconsistent behavior.

b. Lacking in correct logical relation; contradictory: inconsistent statements.

c. Not in agreement or harmony; incompatible: an intersection inconsistent with the road map.

2. Mathematics Not solvable for the unknowns by the same set of values. Used of two or more equations or inequalities.

in′con·sis′tent·ly adv.

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Adv.

inconsistently - without showing consistency; "he acted inconsistently when he bought these stocks"

consistently, systematically - in a systematic or consistent manner; "they systematically excluded women"

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inconsistently

[ˌɪnkənˈsɪstəntlɪ] ADV

1. (= erratically) [behave] → de forma contradictoria or incongruente or desigual; [work, perform] → de forma irregular

2. (= contradictorily) [argue, reason] → sin congruencia, contradictoriamente

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inconsistently

adv

argue, behave → widersprüchlich; he is behaving inconsistently with his beliefs → sein Verhalten steht im Widerspruch zu seinen Auffassungen

work, perform → unbeständig, ungleichmäßig

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The self-denying pair had been occupied in coaxing the appetites of some of their sick parishioners, whom they, somewhat inconsistently, tried to keep imprisoned in the flesh, their own appetites being quite forgotten.

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He acted thus inconsistently, not from any desire to make himself unpleasant, but because of an unconquerable restlessness.

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They seem, however, to have lost their first aspect of universals under which individuals are contained, and to have been converted into forms of another kind, which are inconsistently regarded from the one side as images or ideals of justice, temperance, holiness and the like; from the other as hypotheses, or mathematical truths or principles.

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