inconsecutive
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of inconsecutive
First recorded in 1830–40; in- 3 + consecutive
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The irregular, the unforeseen, the inconsecutive, miracle, accident, he noted lovingly: it had a philosophic import.
From Gaston de Latour; an unfinished romance by Walter Pater
One of the traits that every critic notes in Emerson's writing is that it is so abrupt, so sudden in its transitions, so discontinuous, so inconsecutive.
From Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Edna Henry Lee Turpin
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 H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
I fell into an inconsecutive review of my life under this light that touched every endeavor with the pale tints of failure.
From The Passionate Friends by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Through dinner she had entertained him with a mirthful, inconsecutive narrative of the adventures of the day.
From Joan Thursday by Louis Joseph Vance
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