inconsecutive

[in-kuh n-sek-yuh-tiv]

adjective

not consecutive.

Origin of inconsecutive

First recorded in 1830–40; in-³ + consecutive

Related formsin·con·sec·u·tive·ly, adjectivein·con·sec·u·tive·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for inconsecutive

Both discussions are fragmentary and inconsecutive, but there emerges from them at intervals a clear statement of principles.
Early Theories of Translation|Flora Ross Amos
How curious life was; how curious and careless and inconsecutive.
Young People's Pride|Stephen Vincent Benet
Sir Charles was in a talking mood, and very soon said one or two inconsecutive things.
A Terrible Temptation|Charles Reade
One might fill a dozen inconsecutive volumes with the strange things they exhibited.
When the Sleeper Wakes|Herbert George Wells

It is so rambling and inconsecutive that it takes more than one reading to understand it.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)|Augustus de Morgan

British Dictionary definitions for inconsecutive

inconsecutive

adjective

not consecutive; not in sequence

Derived Formsinconsecutively, adverbinconsecutiveness, noun

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