inconsecutive
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- inconsecutively adjective
- inconsecutiveness noun
Etymology
Origin of inconsecutive
First recorded in 1830–40; in- 3 + consecutive
Example Sentences
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His plays became such stuff as dreams are made on�fantastic, capricious, inconsecutive, at times nightmarish.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through dinner she had entertained him with a mirthful, inconsecutive narrative of the adventures of the day.
From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph
We astonished ourselves and our hearers by the irregular and fragmentary nature of the creeds we produced, clotted at one point, inconsecutive at another, inconsistent and unconvincing to a quite unexpected degree.
From First and Last Things by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
I begin to see that this cannot continue … of Tea it came, inconsecutive and empty; with the influence of Tea dissolving, let these words also dissolve….
From On Nothing and Kindred Subjects by Belloc, Hilaire
I'm not surprised," he said; "I was a trifle inconsecutive.
From The Wonder by Beresford, J. D. (John Davys)
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