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INCONSIST'ENT, a. Incompatible; incongruous; not suitable. Loud laughter in grave company is inconsistent with good breeding. Habitual gloom is inconsistent with health and happiness.

1. Not consistent; contrary, so that one infers the negation or destruction of the other; or so that the truth of one proves the other to be false. Two covenants, one that a man shall have an estate in fee, and the other that he shall hold it for years, are inconsistent.

2. Not uniform; being contrary at different times. Men are sometimes inconsistent with themselves.
1913 Definition
Inconsistent (inconsistent)
a.(?)
In`con*sist"ent
[Pref. in- not + consistent: cf. F. inconsistant.]

  1. Not consistent; showing inconsistency; irreconcilable; discordant; at variance, esp. as regards character, sentiment, or action; incompatible; incongruous; contradictory.

    Compositions of this nature . . . show that wisdom and virtue are far from being inconsistent with politeness and good humor. Addison.

  2. Not exhibiting uniformity of sentiment, steadiness to principle, etc.; unequal; fickle; changeable.

    Ah, how unjust to nature, and himself,
    Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man.
    Young.

    Syn. -- Incompatible; incongruous; irreconcilable; discordant; repugnant; contradictory. -- Inconsistent, Incongruous, Incompatible. Things are incongruous when they are not suited to each other, so that their union is unbecoming; inconsistent when they are opposed to each other, so as render it improper or wrong; incompatible when they can not coexist, and it is therefore impossible to unite them. Habitual levity of mind is incongruous with the profession of a clergyman; it is inconsistent with his ordination vows; it is incompatible with his permanent usefulness. Incongruity attaches to the modes and qualities of things; incompatibility attaches to their essential attributes; inconsistency attaches to the actions, sentiments, etc., of men.


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When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country.
  








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