INCONSISTENCY


Meaning of INCONSISTENCY in English

(inconsistencies)

1.

If you refer to someone’s ~, you are criticizing them for not behaving in the same way every time a similar situation occurs.

His worst fault was his ~...

? consistency

N-UNCOUNT disapproval

2.

If there are inconsistencies in two statements, one cannot be true if the other is true.

We were asked to investigate the alleged inconsistencies in his evidence.

N-VAR

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