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inconsistent
1. adj. Not consistent:
2. adj.          Not compatible (with another thing); incompatible, discrepant, at odds.
His account of the evening was inconsistent with the security-camera footage.
3. adj.          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. adj.          Not consistent or coherent in thought or behavior.
5. adj.          (logic) Having the property that a contradiction can be derived.

Example Sentences

His account of what happened is inconsistent with testimony from other witnesses.  What he said yesterday is inconsistent with what he said last week.

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