How To Use Inconsistent In A Sentence

The report is inconsistent with the financial statements.
The very first day I discovered the moisture meter in the mixer was not working properly, giving an inconsistent mix and the cement weigh batcher was weighing inconsistent amounts for each batch. Undefined
The Court of Appeals held that Hallberg was judicially estopped from indemnity from Portland because his claim was factually inconsistent with claims he made defending the previous suit on which he had prevailed. One less bell to answer (Jack Bog's Blog)
If your bills are higher than expected or the clock seems inconsistent on your meter this could pose a warning sign. The Sun
The degree of splay is inconsistent even from leg to leg on the same chest.

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The aim will be to explain how we move from these inconsistent multiplicities to consistent multiplicities… Archive 2008-01-01
Because human rights concepts tend to be very elastic and open-ended, they are capable of being given a wide range of meanings, including inconsistent meanings.
It is certainly not a convincing retort to point out that: the argument is inconsistent with the existence of a Board having powers as specified under Section 11 of the Broadcasting Act. However, in assenting to the Act, Parliament either did not know what it was doing; or was making an idle gesture, not expecting the Board to promulgate any regulations respecting standards of programs, the character of advertising, the amount of time that may be devoted to advertising, and other matters specifically referred to, in the Act; or as I believe to be much more likely, Parliament consciously denied the argument that broadcasting can be left to the normal criteria and judgments of the market place. A High Standard
Finally, we indicate the source of such inconsistent analysis, namely, an effect due to the geometry of tumors, and how to fix it.
It seems inconsistent, but the former may help to explain the latter. Times, Sunday Times
The President made clear he did not want to see the steel quota bill go through because the United States was going forward on further trade liberalization and progress at the WTO administerial in Seattle; did not want to see us in a position where we were passing a law that would be inconsistent with the rules of the WTO. Press Briefing By Sandy Berger And Gene Sperling
According to sources, Smart will testify that Mitchell was motivated primarily by sex and not religion in kidnapping her, and that his behavior was inconsistent with that of a 'prophet,' which he proclaimed himself to be. Reader poll: Send Roman Polanski to prison? (Jack Bog's Blog)
Do not reinforce his behaviour by being inconsistent, giving in or arguing back. Times, Sunday Times
This internally inconsistent narrative derives its protean fluidity from the projection and reception of the multiplicity of the gendered and racialized discourses of her and our own time.
Indeed, profit is inconsistent with the point of such a programme which is to socialise losses that would otherwise cripple the financial sector and toss millions of people out of their homes.
Here and elsewhere, inconsistent hyphenization of “Salt (-) cellar” is unchanged. Early English Meals and Manners
That is why people are sometimes inconsistent - and even contradictory - in their actions.
It is, accordingly, inconsistent and uneven in quality of analysis and advice.
If decisions are taken which are inconsistent with or disregard those terms the courts can intervene and require the decisions to be taken again in very much the same way as they intervene on judicial review.
It may seem illogical that he treats his sons differently but people are inconsistent, with different emotional triggers. The Sun
English weather is very inconsistent; one moment it's raining and the next it's sunny.
Personality disorder. - Data on the incidence and prevalence of personality disorders in anorexia nervosa are inconsistent.
He said the evidence was too inconsistent to return a verdict of unlawful killing. Times, Sunday Times
They held that their country was under a precontract to the Most High, and could never, while the world lasted, enter into any engagement inconsistent with that precontract. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3
Frequent sauna use may also cause fetal malformation in pregnant women, but study results are inconsistent.
With the possibility of inconsistent release that many touring bindings have, this could be important.
This legislation is inconsistent with what they call Free Trade.
But a loophole has recently allowed one bottler to divorce itself from this system of inconsistent state and federal rules.
It exposes Gysin as a restless experimenter with a consistent vision, an inconsistent style, and an enduring commitment to several art forms, not least hybrid, intermedial practices such as visual poetry and performance art. Peter Frank: Blague d'Art: Brion Gysin, Together at Last
To the foreigners, however, Chinese behaviour in this respect seemed inconsistent and dangerously unpredictable.
Jack's inconsistent argument derange us all.
England's past two performances have been inconsistent, but they found a way to win them both. Times, Sunday Times
This is an issue, which has come up before, but has been inconsistently applied to individuals depending on the personal whims and fancies of Board officials.
BTW, you're last post used the word heretic, which is inconsistent with your previous posts. Those contemptuous atheists... why won't they be kind?
copping some flak for suggesting that falling divorce rates are inconsistent with left-familist complaints that WorkChoices undermine the family. Andrew Norton
This year his performances have been inconsistent but his semi-final berth at a recent tournament show he is approaching peak form just in time.
But were our senses altered, and made much quicker and acuter, the appearance and outward scheme of things would have quite another face to us; and, I am apt to think, would be inconsistent with our being, or at least well-being, in this part of the universe which we inhabit. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
These include efforts to: present the pronouncements of the President to be inconsistent, and at odds with established ANC policy; cover matters relating to the President's pending court case in a manner that undermines the principle of presumption of innocence; suggest conflict between the President, Deputy President and Treasurer General; make various other claims about Officials being "gagged", former NEC members being targeted for "dodgy deals", and the inaccurate reporting of ANC Today
However I find this inconsistent with his claim to have feared being arrested for capital offences.
The data is inconsistent with orthogenesis, and somehow thinks that because he can draw a line from an extant animal to its many-times-great grandparents, he has supported directed evolution.
However, as well known, there are many issues in databases, such as redundant data, missing data, uncertain data, inconsistent data, and so on, they are the barriers to knowledge discovery.
But the Nubian had the advantage of a mirror from the brilliant reflection which the surface of the highly-polished shield now afforded, by means of which he beheld, to his alarm and surprise, that the marabout raised his head gently from the ground, so as to survey all around him, moving with a well-adjusted precaution which seemed entirely inconsistent with a state of ebriety. The Talisman
This result is inconsistent with the fundamental principles of our constitutional system.
The real difficulty is that, for all its weird and wonderful action, Le Morte d'Arthur is as muddled, ramblingly repetitive and inconsistent as a dream. The Death of King Arthur by Peter Ackroyd – review
These findings are inconsistent with those of previous studies.
Paul, in a manner certainly inconsistent with the anti-intellectual pietism of our day, places the emphasis on our thinking.
The government is still micro-meddling in business, and the abrupt flip-flop highlights their inconsistent policy-making.
• Contractor debarment process plagued by delays, inconsistencies: The government's system for suspending and debarring problem contractors is plagued by sluggish reporting, inconsistent standards and a reluctance to act, several department inspectors general said Wednesday. Eye Opener: Veterans hiring, searching for Grizzlies, a 103-year old judge
This case would be easy if the Court were willing to abandon the inconsistent guideposts it has adopted for addressing Establishment Clause challenges, and return to the original meaning of the Clause.
There's nothing inconsistent with the Government now saying there should be a moratorium and a payment of the lower amount.
Jeff Frankel speaks for the prosecution. they will do anything for a few votes, even if their behavior is against the national economic and security interests and blatantly inconsistent with things they claim to stand for: small government, free trade, macroeconomic discipline, good neoclassical economics, and so forth. Bush on Trial, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Low literacy in Haiti contributes to inconsistent spelling of patients' names and addresses.
Lack of discipline, inconsistent discipline and unreasonable discipline lead to emotional frustrations that cause or increase stammering. Stammering in Young Children
There is a carefulness which is inconsistent with confiding prayer to God, which excludes the spirit of filial supplication. The Scriptural Expositions of Dr. Augustus Neander: I. The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians, Practically Explained.
For that reason alone a physicochemical or “stereochemical” theory is not inconsistent with design. Chunkdz Comes Out Smokin
How can the Creator of eternity come up with something terminable, inconsistent and out-dated?
That, in my view, is an improper construction of the provision, and is is inconsistent with the broad statutory language.
But I found over time that the results were inconsistent, and it was kind of "fiddly", and alot of people had trouble finding Pomona's. Archive 2007-02-01
I find him very inconsistent and intellectually his policy positions are often quite incoherent.
Horace warned writers against grafting together inconsistent images, which, he said, was like sticking a man's head on a horse's neck or giving a woman's torso the nether parts that ought to belong to a fish.
In other words, men may not turn to others for help because this behaviour is inconsistent with male gender-role expectations.
Indeed an inflexible approach would be inconsistent with the terms of the statutory framework. Times, Sunday Times
On a true appreciation of the position, this is not a case in which it can be said that the respondent company has elected between two inconsistent remedies; nor that it has sought to approbate and reprobate.
The solution was a clause forbidding the government from acting in a manner inconsistent with the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Human beings are going to resist cultural dictates that are too inconsistent with their innate desires.
Canada says it is expelling five diplomats from the Libyan embassy in Ottawa for what it calls "inappropriate" actions that are "inconsistent with normal diplomatic functions. NATO Increases Pressure on Libya's Pro-Government Forces
And every now and then, he writes these hysterical, factually insupportable, logically inconsistent screeds against some looming threat to civil liberties in the United States.
What I do deny is that we have been inconsistent with respect to our view of the Constitution. The Volokh Conspiracy » “Federalist Society Types” Were Committed to Judicial Enforcement of Federalism Long Before Obamacare
A pair of athletes, scienced to the tips of their vibrating digits, compelled to appeal to the courtesy of a wild and well-whiskered Legislature, would doubtless appear inconsistent to gentlemen of the National Sporting Club of London, who were anxious to have the big fight settled within earshot of Bow Bells, in the luxurious rooms of the London National Sporting Club. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2)
Problems arise if the parents' approach to discipline is inconsistent.
So Saha's lively pace, an attribute that the inconsistent Diego Forlán and Van Nistelrooy are not blessed with, would provide another dimension if United want to play the ball over the top.
Mr Gill referred us to a number of authorities which, he submitted, demonstrated that unfair and inconsistent treatment provided grounds for judicial review.
It is futile to demand motivation from the Vice, or reasons for his actions, for the point about evil is that it is absurd, unmotivated, and inconsistent.
In its wake incompetent men are appointed to officiate at international games, who are inconsistent in their decisions.
The attribute weight and weighted support of default regular are defined by using the conditional entropy and a mining algorithm of default regulars are given for inconsistent database.
It sounds a very dubious principle and inconsistent with the accusatorial trial.
He is a dud director with an inconsistent tone.
Examples of non-trivial inconsistent systems of connexive logic satisfying Conjunctive Simplification are presented in Sections 1.4 and 1.5. Connexive Logic
Jessica has been inconsistent in the expression of her wishes, wanting more time in the care of her father and then being content with the existing arrangement.
In traditional language, fiduciaries must make full disclosure and obtain the informed consent of their beneficiaries to their acting inconsistently with their duties.
These inconsistent findings may be explained by a variation in the detection of latent disease.
Although irritable bowel syndrome is commonly believed to be a colonic motility disorder, the evidence supporting this hypothesis is inconsistent.
And the judiciary is given the power to strike down legislation, invalidate legislation that it considers is inconsistent with those rights.
What has been experimentally demonstrated is in no way inconsistent with the biblical account of creation.
He has always been frustratingly inconsistent. Times, Sunday Times
His story also highlights the sometimes inconsistent and confusing guidance provided by different advisers. Times, Sunday Times
This is both inconsistent with my sense (bolstered by my reading in marketing literature) that consumers do care about whether mistakes are honest, negligent, or intentional and also at least contestable enough to be inappropriate for a motion to dismiss. Red and green lights for traffic false advertising claims
Second, a body of law or a certain legal principle may be inconsistent with a government's perception of what is in the public interest.
However, homework is often insufficiently linked to classwork and is set inconsistently across classes.
The courts have been inconsistent, often influenced by how obtrusive the display is and whether a genuine historic context is involved.
He relied too much on metathetic parlour tricks and inconsistent sound changes for me to respect his academic judgment. The Tower of Babel
Conflicting statistics: Inconsistent statistics may cause the optimizer to derive the wrong estimated costs and to make the wrong decision on access plan assessment.
At those values, the quartic self-interaction would be very strong and would be running even stronger very quickly, eventually falling into the "Landau pole" trap of a divergent interaction that probably makes the theory inconsistent as a separate theory (and surely useless in its perturbative form). The Reference Frame
The numbers of observed micronuclei are presented in both tabular and graphical form but the data appear to be inconsistent between the two forms of presentation.
If he criticised the Kremlin at all, it was on the grounds of what he considered its inconsistent efforts in carrying out policies that favoured the new private owners.
Matt, you are confusing alcohol excise taxes (which are almost always per bottle) with ad valorem sales tax (proportional to price), and that makes your post inconsistent. Matthew Yglesias » Higher Taxes on Alcohol
The nation as a whole is too varied, fickle, inconsistent and unclassifiable for that to work.
I am proud to say that this Government's position is based on environmental integrity, whereas the Opposition's position is opportunistic, and inconsistent with its earlier stance.
Reality in this world seemed so strange, inconsistent and unsubstantial to him as he felt confusion welling inside him.
Too much is self-indulgent, frustratingly inconsistent and coasting on former glories. The Sun
Her behaviour was clearly inconsistent with her beliefs.
It would be inconsistent with an entire rubrical architecture is that a word which has helped me make sense of the world most of my adult life. "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "Forbidden Kingdom"
The study found that the most common factor in such coasting schools was weak or inconsistent teaching. Times, Sunday Times
For man is by nature a monogamous and monandrous being; polygamy and polyandry are inconsistent with the fundamental characteristics of his nature; they are diseases of civilisation which would vanish spontaneously with a return to the healthy conditions of existence. Freeland A Social Anticipation
Let me add that conservatives have been wildly inconsistent in making their "majoritarian" criticisms. Balkinization
And so the isotropy of the radiation from the Big Bang would no longer be inconsistent with the finiteness of the speed of light.
Elizabeth II" as an article title outweigh the disadvantages of the inconsistent naming - sigh. Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
Many of these schools were originally set up as charities and it would seem inconsistent to change that.
The existing tariff schemes are inconsistent with the principles of deeper integration more specifically that of the Customs Union.
Excluding Serbia would be inconsistent with our principles of inclusiveness.
The present law is foolish, outdated, inconsistent, and ridiculous.
That man has a duty to so domesticate his passions to serve his reason we can deduce from the raw fact that the appetites are a multitude of contradictory desires, as easily able to be inconsistent with surrounding facts of reality as consistent. Stoicism, Sophistry and Sodomy
(Nor is it logically inconsistent to believe in fairies in the garden pond.) Dawkins and ID
This satisfaction is impleaded as inconsistent with free remission of sins, — how causelessly we have seen. A Brief Declaration and Vindication of The Doctrine of the Trinity
This may seem inconsistent with his claims for Canada. WHEN SCOTLAND RULED THE WORLD: The Story of the Golden Age of Genius, Creativity and Exploration
Son, inconsistent and incoherent is no way to go through life. Matthew Yglesias » Ungovernable America
Reality develops in a way inconsistent with the models, so quickly conject a plausible mechanism most marks if the mechanism can be somehow blamed on humans, update the models to include this mechanism and reclaim perfect hindcasting. The Coming Katrina Anniversary « Climate Audit
Not the best match in the world - and to be honest the score line flatters us as the performance was rather inconsistent and unconvincing.
Leighton called "unassailable" the government's argument that Witt's reinstatement would result in an inconsistent policy in enforcing "don't ask, don't tell. Judge orders reinstatement of military nurse discharged under 'don't ask' policy
It still basks in the quick reversals McDonagh is overfond of, and the characters are even more inconsistent.
It shows a degree of intolerance, inconsistent with the principles of our democratic polity.
If subpoenaed, the Bellevue Defendants, their agents, employees, or assigns may not give any evidence or testimony inconsistent with the Proposed Consent Decree. The Volokh Conspiracy » Flag Desecration
Similarly, consider the president's imposition of steel tariffs that were obviously inconsistent with his free trade principles.
It is simply a repugnance on the part of any lawyer to the idea that one can simply take a period in gross at any point and apply it many, many years later to create a right which might be quite inconsistent with intervening events.
‘All crows are black’ is logically falsifiable, since it is inconsistent with (and would be falsified by) an observation report of a red crow.
Thus, it is not necessarily inconsistent to observe what seems to be impulsive behavior after the will is present.
Within this ungraspable setting are separate parts as inconsistent as dream sequences.
This they owe to inconsistent domestic form that has left them tenth in the Guinness Premiership. Times, Sunday Times
We all have inconsistent beliefs because we are not always aware of everything our beliefs entail.
This led to some inconsistent and frankly unbelievable plot devices and left me feeling detached and unsympathetic towards both of the lead characters.
It is grossly inconsistent with the principles of responsible government for the opposition to lack a way to express no confidence in the Executive.
The standard setting seemed fine on all occasions, so the end result is complication and rather inconsistent responses.
Who most smartly twigged the resonance of the party invitation was probably the square-shouldered flat‑nosed puncher Quarry, a competent but inconsistent operator, and one who could usually be relied upon to succumb when it mattered most. The night Muhammad Ali's legend was reborn – and the party that followed
Their detention, removal and exclusion from the territory are inconsistent with any or all of those words.
The EPR paradox, an attempt to show that quantum mechanics is internally inconsistent, was an outgrowth of that metaphysical skepticism. A Trend?
Evidently, these principles are not inconsistent with one another.
I also know that we fickle, inconsistent humans come equipped with varying abilities to perceive flavors.
Saying that corporations should have no rights because an individual can incorporate is inconsistent with judicial interpretation of the 1st amendment. The Volokh Conspiracy » Thanks, Google:
The quality of inspection is still sometimes inconsistent. Times, Sunday Times
All too often the virtual worlds visited by videogamers are illogical, internally inconsistent and littered with disruptive misapplications of design.
The authors were inconsistent in providing the binomial following common names of organisms, including crops, within the text.
I'm not sure if she's inconsistent as a character or if she's just constantly denying her true self while protecting a soft, melty core.
All too often the virtual worlds visited by videogamers are illogical, internally inconsistent and littered with disruptive misapplications of design.
The characterization is wildly inconsistent. Outside the courtroom, Kevin is a tongue-tied lunkhead.
It is inconsistent with the principles of fundamental justice to deny a legal source of marijuana to people who have been granted ATPs and licences to produce.
He said the marking on some papers was ‘scrappy’ and the inconsistent results made it more difficult to place pupils in appropriate sets for next term.
It is just a pity that its transparent and often ill-fitting commercial ambitions make for a frustratingly inconsistent read. Times, Sunday Times
That would be inconsistent with his second point that habitual residence is a question of fact.
The term "Arabian Gulf" has been in casual but inconsistent use by various members of the US navy and government, and by many Arab states, for a few decades now.
However, this assumption is inconsistent with the fairly simultaneous appearance of the second garnet generation and oligoclase.
he acted inconsistently when he bought these stocks
A formal democracy is a government that has officially declared itself to be a democracy, but whose actions are in fact inconsistent with its declarations. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies
Such investigations are accordingly inconsistent with the principle of proportionality.
He may have acted unpatriotically but not inconsistently.
It is inconsistent with our jurisprudence, it is inconsistent with that of other common law countries.
The mitochondrial permeability data are inconsistent with formation of lipidic pores capable of transporting megadalton-sized macromolecules as observed with recombinant Bax in liposomes. Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue
Miller's inconsistent thinking comes through in many other ways.
This may seem to imply the charge that historicism is inconsistent.
It's disconcertingly riddled with inconsistent spellings, clunky syntax and other editing botches.
Modern thinkers, who have thoroughly assimilated the idea of changeless laws underlying all phenomena, and who have studied the workings of these laws, are at first apt to reject any and every theory of the forgiveness of sins as being inconsistent with that fundamental truth, just as the scientist, penetrated with the idea of the inviolability of law, repels all thought which is inconsistent with it. Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries
He played an inconsistent round comprising six birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey.
I've had it with all you unreliable, inconsistent, and detestable blockheads.
While this may describe the current state of affairs for many malcontents, it's inconsistent with the 10 fire-starters that precede it.
inconsistent with the roadmap
The parents' civil-rights complaint also alleges discrimination in other sports and outlined problems ranging from inconsistent discipline to withholding opportunities.
This result is inconsistent with the assumption of the equilibrium theory of island biogeography that animal density is independent of island area.
The Cork referee, who was largely to blame for the incident due to inconsistent decisions throughout gave Gallagher the yellow as well.
This requires that the property be your primary domicile, which is flatly inconsistent with the requirement -- imposed under Article I of the Constitution -- that she be a citizen (read, resident) of her House district as of Election Day. Heather Wilson To Seek Domenici's Senate Seat
Knightley's reading, furthermore, is supported by Emma's own inconsistent behavior on the subject. Unanswerable Gallantry and Thick-Headed Nonsense: Rereading Box Hill
Moreover, black Episcopalians have consistently held the Church's feet to the fire, and reminded it when its actions have been inconsistent with the principles it espoused.
He was a braggart and a poseur, who frequently tripped himself up by telling inconsistent versions of the same story.
Others have proved politically inconsistent, taking seriously their pledge to decide cases according to the law rather than party affiliation. Times, Sunday Times
In his speech to prove the teachability of virtue, Protagoras glosses the term in away that appears inconsistent to Socrates.
A neglectful, stressed or inconsistent parent gave the kind of care which tended to lead to anxious, insecure or avoidant children.
Objectively, it seems to me it's arbitrary, capricious, inconsistent.
My actions revealed a more directive approach, one that seemed inconsistent with my ideal view of collaborative supervision.
A return of a donor's contributions would be completely inconsistent with the church 's previous characterization of the transactions as charitable contributions. Christianity Today
Her academic performance has been inconsistent.
The study found that the most common factor in such coasting schools was weak or inconsistent teaching. Times, Sunday Times
Every now and then, he writes these hysterical, factually insupportable, logically inconsistent screeds against some looming threat to civil liberties in the United States.
Crashes, lockups and inconsistent operation were non-existent.
Inconsistent State practice would only defeat the entire purpose of the convention for a stable regime.
Again, the level of risk implied by this explanation seems inconsistent with the dosimetry and previous estimates of genetic risk.
It is impermissible to subject human beings to differences in treatment that are inconsistent with their unique and congenerous character.
A formal democracy is a government that has officially declared itself to be a democracy, but whose actions are in fact inconsistent with its declarations. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies
His evidence was at times exaggerated, inconsistent and illogical when it came to describing the quality of some aspects of his construction.
But Buck's new position in favor of birth control methods that kill zygotes (like IUDs or the Pill) is inconsistent and makes him look awfully hard-hearted toward the raped 14-year-old girl. Jason Salzman: Schieffer Lets Buck Slide on Face the Nation
But a declining commitment to global equity is inconsistent with our evolving brand.
A return of a donor's contributions would be completely inconsistent with the church 's previous characterization of the transactions as charitable contributions. Christianity Today
We're excelling at being inconsistent and unpredictable and it certainly shows character to come back from defeats. The Sun
The nation as a whole is too varied, fickle, inconsistent and unclassifiable for that to work.
That would have been quite inconsistent with the whole nature of a waiver as a discretion to be exercised on the merits of the individual case, and with the Waivers Policy.
Roche has attacked the heritage group over what he described as its inconsistent and contradictory attitudes towards different projects.
It seems a mite inconsistent to use your celebrity status to advance your politics and then complain that your politics is impacting your celebrity status.
These studies, called pharmacokinetic and pharmaco-dynamic studies, offer subjects essentially no chance for medical benefit and pose at least some risks, and to that extent are inconsistent with the subjects 'medical interests. The Ethics of Clinical Research
Maybe not even imperatives but inconsistent protocols resulting in complex processes if you want to get right down to the programmatic nitty gritty and treat human consciousness as epiphenomenal. Bukiet on Brooklyn Books
All of this adds up to a world view that seems inconsistent. Times, Sunday Times
These views of memory and will are not necessarily inconsistent with Condillac's sensationism, his repeated claims to derive all the mind's capacities from the operation of sensation notwithstanding. Ãtienne Bonnot de Condillac
This observation seems inconsistent with the hypothesis that myosin heads bind to actin in a stereospecific conformation in low ionic strength relaxing conditions.
In July the goods were mortgaged by the Claimant to HSBC as per the HSBC chattel mortgage under the covenants of which… the Claimant had obligations which were wholly inconsistent with rejection of the goods.

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