How To Use Inconsistency In A Sentence

At a time of so much contradictory evidence and inconsistency, he is not the only one. Times, Sunday Times
This may have been a simple inconsistency in their responses or an indication that some youthful blunt smokers either do not know or do not define blunts as containing marijuana.
The program has found an inconsistency in the database files.
The inconsistency and its effects were so profound as to render such guidance invalid. Times, Sunday Times
Their inconsistency in away matches this season has not led to a change in philosophy. Times, Sunday Times

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If there is an inconsistency between lease and counterpart primafacie the lease prevails.
The team will ransack every word of testimony, memo and report for any inaccuracy, inconsistency or contradiction.
It is not the only apparent inconsistency. Times, Sunday Times
The alt-country singer/songwriter is notorious for his prodigious output as well as his colossal inconsistency but this tune is an absolute winner. Tuesday Tune: 'Halloweenhead' by Ryan Adams
Charlton have been a model of inconsistency in recent weeks.
Poor Prince Charles preaches and pontificates about harmony and simplicity, then ties himself in masochistic bondage knots of inconsistency by spending £100k on a biofuelled train tour to promote cycling. Hypocrisy of champagne environmentalists is deceitful and distracting | Ed Gillespie
How can we explain this seeming inconsistency?
The fact that he is a rubbish candidate who has demonstrated over and over again his flakiness, inconsistency, flip-floppery, lack of principle and general untrustworthiness was unsayable.
Results The degree on self-inconsistency was very high. The mean scores of the factors on self-accusation and illusion were all higher than the counterpart in the norms of Chinese.
This point deserves attention, not for the sake of the miserable and ruinous advantage which is obtained by taunting an adversary in controversy with inconsistency till you drive him to improve his logical position by increasing the exactingness of his demands, but because the advocates of Home Rule (honestly enough, no doubt) confuse the matter under discussion by a strange kind of intellectual shuffle. England's Case Against Home Rule
First, there is direct inconsistency in the sense that compliance with one would necessarily constitute breach of the other.
The inconsistency and its effects were so profound as to render such guidance invalid. Times, Sunday Times
This estimate is even on the high side because many exploration companies have left the country because of the inconsistency of government policy and lack of legal certainty.
Some French commentators criticized the president for what they called his inconsistency over China and human rights. China Slams Sarkozy for Ties to Dalai Lama
There are two ways that the laws of deductive logic have been thought to provide rational constraints on belief: (1) Synchronically, the laws of deductive logic can be used to define the notion of deductive consistency and inconsistency. Bayesian Epistemology
Deductive inconsistency so defined determines one kind of incoherence in belief, which I refer to as deductive incoherence. Bayesian Epistemology
He said peaceful demonstrators should have been allowed to leave the area - and blasted the inconsistency of G20 officers in doing so. The Sun
He has been held back by injury and inconsistency this season but his talent has the capacity to tantalise. Now is the time to kick on, says West Ham's Freddie Sears
Finally, acceptance of GE's interpretation would give rise to an inconsistency between Alberta and Ontario statutory registration procedures and potentially create a renvoi.
It is a cruel blow and one that again underlines the inconsistency of the red card law.
In our submission, the first of those features gives rise to invalidity on the ground of inconsistency or repugnancy to provisions of the Native Title Act - I will come to that in a moment.
The admirably informative yet crisp introduction gives no rationale for this inconsistency. The Times Literary Supplement
Inconsistency prevents the Ulsterman from being a racing certainty at events such as these.
This inconsistency is infuriating clubs and leaving them feeling that the whole process is something of a lottery.
The report did say that uneven road surfaces and potholes were quite dangerous and showed an inconsistency with the town centre.
Such inconsistency is interesting, though, and almost inevitable when one sees fit to defend the English language from “plagues”, “attacks”, and presumably imminent doom. “Attacks” on the language are greatly misunderstood
In summary, our examination of interests theories demonstrates their fundamental inconsistency with liberal ideals.
The inconsistency and its effects were so profound as to render such guidance invalid. Times, Sunday Times
October 08, 2006 at 07:43 PM for lack of anything better to do as i wait for my dial-up to download the latest LOSTcast, i tried to draw (yet another) version of the ISLAND MAP, based on a lot of screencaps and other fan-made maps, with only ONE MAJOR INCONSISTENCY (so far), but pretty much everything else is taken into account (and no, the "?" isn't there, as i think the "?" in the HATCH MAP is more pyschogeographical than cartographical, which is what the map i drew represents). LOSTCasts 36: A Tale of Two Cities
Whatever the complexities of Hobbes's personal motivations, there was no theoretical inconsistency in all of this.
The amendment will remove the inconsistency between the two laws.
There is a danger in all this, of course: sending too many distinctive messages to different groups of voters could lead to charges of inconsistency. Times, Sunday Times
In all its myriad manifestations, the language of anti-Semitism through the ages is a dictionary of non-sequiturs and antonyms, a thesaurus of illogic and inconsistency.
The bias and inconsistency is so bad that it is actually painful for him.
The Commission's creativity and inconsistency have blurred the significance of these distinctions.
Where Fichte in particular was happy to absorb the object into the subject, Kant preferred inconsistency to such a move.
Cognitive inconsistency reflects the extent to which one's cognitions and overall attitude are dissimilar.
Normally, the inconsistency wouldn't matter, but it might now that she's assistant editor.
So saying, he opened his cloak, forgetting, with his characteristical inconsistency, that he showed his shirt stained with blood. The Monastery
Transaction integrity must be a given for businesses that can not afford any loss or inconsistency in data.
Normally, the inconsistency wouldn't matter, but it might now that she's assistant editor.
The problem with selectorial inconsistency is that it breeds insecurity. Is It Time to Clear Out Australia's Cricket Selectors?
The Leo Moon stabilizes the Sagittarius flightiness and inconsistency, but since both signs are ruled by fire, these individuals are enthusiastic, ambitious.
He said State Government planning authorities were guilty of inconsistency and deception.
In the manner of my friend I was at once struck with an incoherence — an inconsistency; and I soon found this to arise from a series of feeble and futile struggles to overcome an habitual trepidancy, an excessive nervous agitation. Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. In Two Volumes. Vol. I
Future research should explore the mechanisms through which inconsistency influences attitude strength.
I bet this wazzock, who blithely writes "the more the merrier", is also a fervent devotee of AGW and sees nothing ironic in the inconsistency of his very odd and loathesome views. Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?
Justice Anthony M.. Kennedy jumped in and attacked Davis at one point for the inconsistency of his rhetoric and logic.
Mr. Lander's inconsistency between this item and, say, the cupboards, is noteworthy.
That suspicion has been inflamed by infuriating inconsistency.
The Scot said he was frustrated by his inconsistency despite a comprehensive win and two 130-plus breaks.
his inconsistency resulted in the demoralization of his staff
Conversely, an inconsistency in your essay will stick out like the proverbial sore thumb.
Indeed, I believe that a proper understanding of this paradox can lead to the salvation of millions who now perceive no inconsistency in such congeniality.
He is 26, in his playing prime and past those kid years that can bring on-ice inconsistency and off-ice complication.
What disappointed him more than anything else was their inconsistency.
Inconsistency, after all, is the indispensable prerogative of great powers.
Despite the inconsistency, they think that Thrasymachus is ultimately advocating an immoralism since justice is defined as ‘another's good,’ i.e., the advantage of the stronger tyrant.
In regard to _a_, he shows some inconsistency, sometimes giving a close and obscure sound, as _hev_ for _have_, _hendy_ for _handy_, _ez_ for _as_, _thet_ for _that_, and again giving it the broad sound it has in _father_, as _hânsome_ for _handsome_. The Biglow Papers
The biggest problem with the overall production, however, is an inconsistency in tone.
He could, I say, if his flight were constant; but though there is much inconsistency in the accounts, the sum of testimony seems definite that the swallow is among the most fatiguable of birds. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds
There is a total inconsistency and repugnancy between the Minister's manifest intention and the literal effect of the document, and, in my judgment, the former should prevail.
She said that the research highlighted 'an inconsistency in policy around the issue '. Times, Sunday Times
Revenue assumes that the tax return is correct until some inconsistency or discrepancy shows it to be wrong.
There is a curious inconsistency to our indignance about workplace liberty-taking. Times, Sunday Times
One of the banes in my cricket is the inconsistency in my batting and I hope that it can carry on throughout the year.
With a new jackman and gasman going over the wall, there has been inconsistency in the pits, which hasn't helped Gordon on some restarts.
In the manner of my friend I was at once struck with an incoherence -- an inconsistency; and I soon found this to arise from a series of feeble and futile struggles to overcome an habitual trepidancy -- an excessive nervous agitation. Southern Prose and Poetry for Schools
The inconsistency and disproportionateness which has been occasioned in our sentiments of benevolence, offers a curious moral phenomenon.
This crazy vertebrae inconsistency is because the Two - and Three-toed sloths do not have a shared ancestor until you go back 40 MILLION YEARS. Three things you might not have known about SLOTHS
The authors attribute this inconsistency to differences in intensive care unit administration and manpower.
In the manner of my friend I was at once struck with an incoherencean inconsistency; and I soon found this to arise from a series of feeble and futile struggles to overcome an habitual trepidancy, an excessive nervous agitation. The Fall of the House of Usher
This gives a free rein to prejudice and inconsistency where the outcome can be as serious to a plaintiff as a judgment in a civil court. Times, Sunday Times
That kind of inconsistency will lead to an awful lot of frustration.
We do not pause here to represent the apparent inconsistency of desiring to de-citizenize a large number of intelligent members of the community, or the risk of creating a class in the republic forbidden to take any active interest in the renewals of its organization, or the impolicy of diminishing the force and courage of the popular will in its grapple with the problem of self-government; but all these comments may suggest themselves. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880.
The only inconsistency is the glaring, gaping one between his actions and his campaign rhetoric. So much for those ‘Free Tibet’ bumper stickers. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
Policy inconsistency raises business risks and transaction costs, thereby making businesses uncompetitive and making the environment inimical to sound banking operations.
The inconsistency is between one of their positions and YOUR idea of what their other position should be. The Volokh Conspiracy » Much Easier to Fight Caricatures
Does it not go to the question of inconsistency, rather than exclusivity?
Defence counsel looks for inconsistency between witness statements.
In a season of inconsistency for the Saints, lack of injuries has been one of the constant positives.
He consternates his teammates with his inconsistency.
If we are one hundred percent convinced of our case then a little dishonesty to iron out the odd inconsistency hardly seems wrong.
Because these acts are legal documents, the inconsistency between these acts and case law provides an argument in support of psychologists' qualifications to diagnose.
The first is that inconsistency is readily avoided by a little care in the formulation of the sceptical position.
The fans have been on to him because of his inconsistency.
The authors attributed this inconsistency to the two cultures' different expectations for children's behaviour.
It may sometimes be best for courts to move to the best rule in steps, even at the price of inconsistency during the transition.
Cycles in the integrated graph indicate an inconsistency in locus order.
But his inconsistency is troublesome and he left Tuesday's game and is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. GM McPhee likes the look, performance of Capitals
In that article, I observed that, while there are many indications that the film is a fabrication, the most important proof is the inconsistency between the impact damage to the cranium, which is the film's most stunning feature, showing brains and gore bulging out to JFK's right-front, and the medical evidence, which shows a massive defect at the back of his head just to the right of center. Zapruder JFK Film Impeached by Moorman JFK Polaroid
There was enough of mocking inconsistency at the bottom of this speech to make it rather discordant, though the manner was refined and the person well – favoured, and though the depreciatory part of it was so skilfully thrown off as to be very difficult for one not perfectly acquainted with the English language to understand, or, even understanding, to take offence at: so simple and dispassionate was its tone. Little Dorrit
The issue really, whether it is put in terms of repugnancy or inconsistency, is whether the State procedure rules, the amendment rules, would alter, impair or detract from the operation of section 34 of the Commonwealth Act.
There is an inconsistency between the alleged non-causability of the past, the transfer of non-causability principle, and the supposition that a proposition about the past entails a proposition about the future. Foreknowledge and Free Will
[107-2] A remark by the abridger who noted the inconsistency between a total of 48 miles for a day and night and even an occasional 15 miles per hour. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503
But the world, fortunately, is more chaotic than that — though this does mean we have to endure a great deal of inconsistency. Apostrophes in business names and place names
The only statement even vaguely likely to incite dislike is a preface to the summary of western thought which is characterised as ‘the inconsistency of their argument’.
The analysis of rank correlation is proposed to form judgment matrix of which the consistency is very difficult to realize and the correction of inconsistency is unsatisfactory until now.
There is inconsistency in the prevalence data on smoking provided by different major national UK studies.
Logan showed his inconsistency in missing half his kicks.
Burke continues to be accused by clueless academics and ignorant pundits either of inconsistency or deviationism for his very different reactions to the American and French Revolutions.
Logan showed his inconsistency in missing half his kicks.
The Colorado Springs Gazette breezed so quickly over the inconsistency, in just three short paragraphs, that some readers may not have noticed: "My goal, I think Colorado's goal, is how can we make sure we give Fort Carson our maximum support," the governor said. Sean Paige: Is Hickenlooper a Reliable Ally?
Upon closer inspection, this claim proves exaggerated, an artifact of exit-poll procedures and inconsistency in question wording.
Visual lust and inconsistency make fine bedfellows, I can tell you.
This is like pointing out the inconsistency of a recovered alcoholic because you can cite evidence of that time when he drank 12 beers in anight. The Volokh Conspiracy » Now and Then:
The association theory must thus be given up in favor of an 'action-theory' [1] which combines the consistency of phenomenalistic explanation with a full acknowledgment of the so-called apperceptive processes; it avoids thus the deficiency of associationism and the logical inconsistency of apperceptionism. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.
Variation and inconsistency in suggested techniques of self examination have always been considerable.
The amendment will remove the inconsistency between the two laws.
First, there is direct inconsistency in the sense that compliance with one would necessarily constitute breach of the other.
In the manner of my friend I was at once struck with an incoherence, an inconsistency; and I soon found this to arise from a series of feeble and futile struggles to overcome an habitual trepidancy, an excessive nervous agitation. Selections from Poe
This gives a free rein to prejudice and inconsistency where the outcome can be as serious to a plaintiff as a judgment in a civil court. Times, Sunday Times
The inconsistency is minor and arguably unimportant in a novel this lighthearted, but it's still bothersome. Book Review: Space Vulture
There is no inconsistency between the express words of the policies and that custom.
Any inconsistency - any departure from the laws of science - would argue for a method which was not literally and painstakingly naturalistic.
In regard to _a_, he shows some inconsistency, sometimes giving a close and obscure sound, as _hev_ for _have, hendy_ for _handy, ez_ for The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell
Defence counsel looks for inconsistency between witness statements.
Ironically, even as the government was fulminating against American policy, American jeans and videocassettes were the hottest items in the stalls of the market, where the incongruity can be seen as an example of human inconsistency.
The more the body moves, the more manipulation of the putter head will be needed - and that is the path to inconsistency. Times, Sunday Times
Likewise, there is a period of time when your configuration image is not consistent and any snapshot taken during the time of inconsistency will not be useful to you in your disaster center.
British defence policy was consistent only in its apparent inconsistency. The British way in Warfare - 1688-2000
The attack, on the contrary, showed a streak of disharmony and inconsistency.
The admirably informative yet crisp introduction gives no rationale for this inconsistency. The Times Literary Supplement
First, there is direct inconsistency in the sense that compliance with one would necessarily constitute breach of the other.
It is telling us that there is an alarming level of inconsistency of approach ... and an inclination to overprescribe. Times, Sunday Times
Dreyfusism had brought to Swann an extraordinary simplicity of mind and had imparted to his way of looking at things an impulsiveness, an inconsistency more noticeable even than had been the similar effects of his marriage to Odette; this new loss of caste would have been better described as a recasting, and was entirely to his credit, since it made him return to the ways in which his forebears had trodden and from which he had turned aside to mix with the aristocracy. The Guermantes Way
It was injuries upon injuries - which led to inconsistency, infighting and, finally, too much in-and-out play.
Normally, the inconsistency wouldn't matter, but it might now that she's assistant editor.
His worst fault was his inconsistency.
That is, inconsistency reflects dissimilarity without directly assessing conflict.
Either there is inconsistency in labelling (which is bad enough) or the charts are not comparing like with like, rendering analysis all but meaningless. Some pie charts, of questionable utility « Gin&Comment
The attack, on the contrary, showed a streak of disharmony and inconsistency.
The Super Cosmos system is capable of scanning an X-ray plate in minutes and will eliminate inconsistency in diagnosis.
Later, "Israelite" or "Jew" was changed into "Samaritan, " which introduces an element of inconsistency, since no Samaritan would have been found on the road between Jericho and Jerusalem (ib. 30).
It is losses against each of the bottom four sides that have highlighted an annoying inconsistency. Times, Sunday Times
The apparent inconsistency should not be interpreted as ignorance or a deliberate attempt to mislead.
Either way the inconsistency is the problem. The Sun
Obviously this is silly and common sense must prevail, so it is the interpretation of the law that becomes all-important, but it is in this interpretation where we have the inconsistency.
According to today's New York Times, the president's advisers are debating whether to characterize Mitt Romney in terms of his inconsistency on important policies (flip-flopper), his support for far-right positions that are out of touch with the moderate middle (extremist) or a combination of both. Aaron Belkin: Mr. President: Depict Romney as the Extremist He Claims to Be
The more the body moves, the more manipulation of the putter head will be needed - and that is the path to inconsistency. Times, Sunday Times
The perfect crime consists, not in killing the victim, but in obtaining the silence of the witnesses, the deafness of the judges, and the inconsistency of the testimony.
The program has found an inconsistency in the database files.
But Milan is still concerned at scrumming inconsistency, while the backs failed to function in Tullamore.
The second inconsistency is found in Calvin's insistence that the fallen will retains neither power to choose between good and evil nor any inclination for goodness.
Difficulties faced in the analysis arose from inconsistency in educational data.
This follows from the charges of, for example, bias in favour of panel members' departments and inconsistency across subject areas.
Transaction integrity must be a given for businesses that can not afford any loss or inconsistency in data.
He proposed a simple explanation for the inconsistency between lab observations and what was actually occurring in the field.
I have witnessed firsthand the startling inconsistency with which Corporate America deals with singledom.
Far be it from me, though, to accuse other people of inconsistency when it's a quality I embrace so enthusiastically myself.
But it wasn't just that inconsistency which distressed me: it was the feeling that he was on the verge of extreme dudgeon before I could press the matter one inch further.
Upon closer inspection, this claim proves exaggerated, an artifact of exit-poll procedures and inconsistency in question wording.
a subject or substratum of attributes is unknown and unknowable, is totally different from that of cosmothetic idealism, with which Mr Mill confounds it; [AI] and that a philosopher may without inconsistency accept the former and reject the latter. The Philosophy of the Conditioned
Having removed every inconsistency from the sacred constitutions, hitherto inharmonious and confused, we extended our care to the immense volumes of the older jurisprudence…
Thirdly, specific dictionaries are less reliable due to their inconsistency.
Poor wrist action is a major reason for inconsistency and a lack of distance in your game.
One argument is that the parties intend to reduce their oral contract to written form, and that consequently the parol evidence rule excludes evidence to show the inconsistency.
To manifest the inconsistency of such a procedure, and the unanswerableness of it to the infinite wisdom of God (though the Scriptures expressly deliver it in innumerable places, as hath been shown), is that which by Mr Goodwin is in this discourse attempted. The Doctrine of the Saints�� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed
Heroin kills for two main reasons: toxic impurities in the supply, and inconsistency of the dosage leading to accidental overdose.
Inasmuch as results are not intuitive, inconsistency from an individual's attempts to malinger can be detected easily.
Wherein, in an inconsistency with a faithful testimony against the declared enemies of the church's head and king, they affect to express a superlative loyalty unto the prelatic possessors of power, not much differing from the forms imposed upon, and observed by the Erastian church. Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive
Ironically, even as the government was fulminating against American policy, American jeans and videocassettes were the hottest items in the stalls of the market, where the incongruity can be seen as an example of human inconsistency.
Coherence, stability, and resistance to inconsistency and ambiguity are desirable ontological model characteristics.
It's crazy and just shows the inconsistency of refereeing.
But inconsistency cuts both ways. Times, Sunday Times
If the root intuition behind the necessity of the past is something like the non-causability of the past, there is another inconsistency. Foreknowledge and Free Will
Bisset protested that it was wrong to accuse Burke of inconsistency, because of the change of his arguments.
It is this double-think and inconsistency that is so irksome to those with common-sense. Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?
There is a danger in all this, of course: sending too many distinctive messages to different groups of voters could lead to charges of inconsistency. Times, Sunday Times
Ironically, even as the government was fulminating against American policy, American jeans and videocassettes were the hottest items in the stalls of the market, where the incongruity can be seen as an example of human inconsistency.
The utter inconsistency is absolutely breathtaking.
You may disagree that people have a right to liberty, but there is no inconsistency in a libertarian position that notes the necessity of defending liberty and the possibility that the maximal maintainable level of liberty will be less than 100%, precisely because some infringement may be necessary in order to deploy the resources needed to head off far worse infringement. The Volokh Conspiracy » The Double Standard of Libertarian Paternalism
That suspicion has been inflamed by infuriating inconsistency.
In relation to the section 76 and 77 jurisdiction there is repugnancy, if you like, or in constitutional terms, inconsistency with the law enacted under section 76 or 77 that confers the jurisdiction.
In the manner of my friend I was at once struck with an incoherence — an inconsistency; and I soon found this to arise from a series of feeble and futile struggles to overcome an habitual trepidancy an excessive nervous agitation. Tales.
I believe one of the traditional liberal defenses of the inconsistency is an argument about strong/weak group relations. The Volokh Conspiracy » Affirmative Action and Racial Profiling Revisited
Outside, the crickets chirped monotonously, with a Webern-like inconsistency yet precision of rhythm.
Therefore inconsistency, such as exemplified by the Republicans, is to be greatly admired. The Golden Age of Hypocrisy
His progress has not always followed a linear trajectory, with injuries and inconsistency slowing his ascent. Times, Sunday Times
At least you cannot fault him for inconsistency, as he kept to those standards all game. The Sun
Ambivalence reflects the amount of conflict within or between components of attitudes, whereas inconsistency reflects coherence (or similarity) between components.
He's going to have an inconsistency, be it material or immaterial.
We submit that there is no absurdity, repugnancy or inconsistency with any other provision of the Act which requires its terms to be given any other reading.
Certain lines about the nose and cheek, betray the satirist and cynic; the mouth indicates a child-like simplicity — perhaps even a degree of irresoluteness, inconsistency — weakness in short, but a weakness not unamiable. The Life of Charlotte Bronte
Modern champions of irrationalist Daoism, of course, would not be disturbed by this inconsistency, of course, since, they allege, that Daoists refuse to think logically. Taoism
What it gives rise to is a limited operational repugnancy or inconsistency within the meaning of section 2 of the Colonial Laws Validity Act, that is, prorogation under section 3 ought be given its full common law meaning.
If the national measure is based merely upon the international standard, but not in conformity with it, there is no presumption in its favour, but a complaining member must make a prima facie case in favour of inconsistency.
No matter where you look in Performance, you find inconsistency, elisions, inaccuracies, and omissions.
First, there is no inconsistency between apparently selfless acts and the fact of our biology.
Ironically, the visionary leader who, through similar inconsistency, is labelled a good actor, risks losing credibility.
This incongruity revealed a much deeper problem than inconsistency in drawing racial lines between North and South.
One lift of the steady eyelid, one quiet glint of that terrible cold gray eye, that poniarded her every tissue of complexity, inconsistency, and coquetry, had been enough. The Wife of Chino
_ [Greek: aphesis amartiôn] _ never means _forgiveness, _ one form at least of _God's_ sending away of sins; neither do I say that the taking of the phrase to mean _repentance for the remission of sins_, namely, repentance in order to obtain the pardon of God, involves any inconsistency; but I say that the word _ [Greek: eis] _ rather _unto_ than Hope of the Gospel
In so far, however, as the diseased function of the living body elements is, in the main, conditioned by the incorrect mixture of body fluids, I find the linguistic inconsistency of the use of the word humoral pathology no worse than if one speaks of pathological anatomy, although the subject matter of this discipline concerns cadaver anatomy and cannot really be attributed to cadavers. Emil von Behring - Nobel Lecture
Time will easily solve the latter inconsistency, but the loftiness of Paterson's tone is more troubling.

How To Use Inconsistency In A Sentence

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