All 6 Uses of
inconsistent
in
Washington Square
- As regards this, however, a critical attitude would be inconsistent with a candid reference to the early annals of any biographer.†
Chpt 2 *
- "Allow me to inquire what you are living on now—though I admit," the Doctor added, "that the question, on my part, is inconsistent."†
Chpt 12
- It seemed a proof that she was strong and solid and dense, and would live to a great age—longer than might be generally convenient; and this idea was depressing, for it appeared to saddle her with a pretension the more, just when the cultivation of any pretension was inconsistent with her doing right.†
Chpt 19
- But after this speech, most inconsistently, she hid her face.†
Chpt 20
- "You certainly are devilish inconsistent!" he broke out at last.†
Chpt 21
- Mrs. Penniman was indeed inconsistent, for at this news she gave a little jump of gratification.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(inconsistent) not the same in different parts or at different times
or:
not in agreement [with something else]