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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It was the question of the wonder of the beauty, the purposeless, inconsecutive beauty, that falls so strangely among the happenings and memories of life.
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Inconsecutive, in-kon-sek′ū-tiv, adj. not succeeding in regular order.—n.
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Through dinner she had entertained him with a mirthful, inconsecutive narrative of the adventures of the day.
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His way of explaining his speculations to his friend is quite unstudied and inconsecutive; he is, as he says, ‘continually running away from the subject,’ or shall we say letting the stream of his ideas branch out into side channels from which he finds it difficult to come back?
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"All this," with its rich litter of stuffs and ornaments, its fine profusion, its delicacies of flower and food and furniture, its frequent inconsecutive pleasures, its noiseless, ready service, was remarkably novel and yet remarkably familiar to Trafford.
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