inconsistentin‧con‧sis‧tent /ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt◂/ ●○○ AWL adjective 
Examples
The accounts of the witnesses are inconsistent.inconsistent with His results are inconsistent with our data.2not right according to a particular set of principles or standards OPP consistentinconsistent with His conduct was inconsistent with what is expected of a congressman.3inconsistent behaviour, work etc changes too often from good to bad OPP consistent: The team’s performance has been highly inconsistent this season.
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- A succession of injuries produced an inconsistent season for one of our best players.
- People feel threatened when decision-making is inconsistent and arbitrary.
- Students are rightfully upset by the college's inconsistent grading policy.
- The team's performance has been extremely inconsistent this season.
- Alarmingly, the character and quality of these early childhood programs is very inconsistent.
- Besides, there is nothing inconsistent with free will or even chastity in this view of life.
- Is simplification as a pedagogic strategy inconsistent with the principles of a communicative approach to language teaching?
- It often seems to be supposed that a concern for grammar is inconsistent with the principles of communicative language teaching.
- People feel threatened when decision-making is inconsistent and arbitrary.
- The main criticism of the argument from analogy is that these two assumptions are inconsistent.
- This prevents individual funds adopting financing policies which may be inconsistent or dysfunctional for the authority as a whole.
- Very inconsistent, much having to do with poor communication between coach and players.
Longman Language Activatoroften changing or likely to change► changeable
1two statements that are inconsistent cannot both be true SYN contradictory OPP consistent: feelings or conditions that are changeable change frequently so that it is difficult to know what they will be like in a short time: · You love him now, but at your age feelings are changeable.· I'm a changeable sort of person.· changeable weather
► erratic behaviour, processes, or services that are erratic change suddenly in an unexpected and surprising way, when it would be better if they remained the same: · Her behaviour was becoming more and more erratic.· Heating was difficult owing to erratic supplies of gas, electricity and water.· The company's erratic performance is a cause for some concern.
► volatile a volatile situation or character is likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly: · The political situation in the Balkans is still extremely volatile.· She formed enduring friendships with women and more intense, volatile ones with men.
► unstable a person, situation, or system or government that is unstable is likely to change suddenly and become worse, because there is something wrong with their character or the way things are organized: · Regimes governed by violence are always unstable.· Was it safe to trust someone who was so emotionally unstable?
► variable changing according to the situation - use this about amounts, prices, speeds, temperatures etc: · Demand for the company's products is variable.· The weather here is likely to be very variable.
► inconsistent inconsistent behaviour or work changes too often from good to bad, and you cannot trust it to be good all the time: · People feel threatened when decision-making is inconsistent and arbitrary.· A succession of injuries produced an inconsistent season for one of our best players.
► unsettled conditions or situations that are unsettled change frequently so that it is impossible to make plans or know what will happen: · It is dangerous to visit there while the political situation is so unsettled.· The weather has been very unsettled lately.· Eliot led a strangely unsettled life, drifting from place to place and job to job.
when one statement, idea etc makes a different one seem untrue► contradict if one statement or fact contradicts another one, it is so different that it makes the other one seem untrue or impossible: · The two newspaper reports totally contradict each other.· Recent experiments seem to contradict earlier results.· O'Brien's later statement contradicted what he had told Somerville police on the night of the murder.
► conflicting very different from each other - use this especially when two things should be the same: · At first we received conflicting information about the number of children who were seriously hurt.· Researchers tend to offer conflicting advice on which vitamin and mineral supplements might keep us healthy.
► be inconsistent with if a statement, story, fact etc is inconsistent with what you expect or already know of the situation, it is completely different from it: · IBM said that the £37 million payment had been made in a way that was inconsistent with company policy.· Wolff, an economics professor at New York University, said that the results were inconsistent with all the other data they had.
► discrepancy a small fact or detail that is different from what you expected, especially one that makes you think that something is wrong: · Whenever he works out his accounts there are always discrepancies.discrepancy between: · Apparently there were discrepancies between police reports taken from the same witnesses at different times.discrepancy in: · She always refused to discuss the discrepancies in her biography.
► go against if something goes against what you think or what someone has told you, it is different from the opinions, attitudes etc that you have learnt: · What the teacher was saying went against everything his parents had taught him.· She couldn't explain what had made her go against her upbringing and character and behave so recklessly.
► be at odds with if a statement, story, fact etc is at odds with another, the two things are so completely different that one of them must be untrue: · John Nelson has been re-examining the evidence, and his conclusions are greatly at odds with the story so far.· The government decision to raise taxes was at odds with their policies on inflation.
The accounts of the witnesses are inconsistent.inconsistent with His results are inconsistent with our data.2not right according to a particular set of principles or standards OPP consistentinconsistent with His conduct was inconsistent with what is expected of a congressman.3inconsistent behaviour, work etc changes too often from good to bad OPP consistent: The team’s performance has been highly inconsistent this season.