inconsecutive
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of inconsecutive
First recorded in 1830–40; in- 3 + consecutive
Example Sentences
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If in that which follows you shall meet with arbitrary apothegms, brusque transitions, inconsecutive statements, veritable somersaults of thought, do not cry out that you have been deceived.
From Tragic Sense Of Life by J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford) Flitch
How cold, how tame, how lifeless, how imperfect, how inconsecutive, did everything appear!
From The Young Duke by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
But Amanda was more prepared for human inconsecutiveness than Benham, because she herself was inconsecutive, and her dissatisfaction with his irritations and preoccupation broadened to no general discontent.
From The Research Magnificent by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
From first to last, in inconsecutive essays, in the records of sentimental touring, in fiction and in verse, he has embodied the outer and the inner autobiography.
From Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial by Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) Japp
I'm not surprised," he said; "I was a trifle inconsecutive.
From The Wonder by J. D. (John Davys) Beresford
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