inconsistent
/ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.79 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not consistent:
adj
Not consistent:
adj
Not consistent:
adj
Not consistent:
Example Sentences
- "His account of the evening was inconsistent with the security-camera footage."
- "There was of course no question of admitting that the two texts were in any way inconsistent with each other."
- "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."
- "He was one of those men of inconsistent politics, governed at once by prejudice and sympathies, whose 'attitude' it is impossible to foretell."
- "“Take him for better or worse,” added Mr. Lee, “and I think he is the strangest and most inconsistent man I ever saw.” “Inconsistent!” resumed Mr. Jones. “He is worse than inconsistent. Inconsistencies may be pardoned as constitutional defects [...]”"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Italic *sistō Latin sistō Latin cōnsistō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -ens Latin consistensbor. English consistent English inconsistent From in- + consistent.
Inflected Forms
more inconsistent (comparative)
most inconsistent (superlative)