inconsequent

American  

[in-kon-si-kwent, -kwuhnt] / ɪnˈkɒn sɪˌkwɛnt, -kwənt /

adjective

1. characterized by lack of proper sequence in thought, speech, or action.

2. characterized by lack of logical sequence; illogical; inconsecutive.

   inconsequent reasoning.

3. irrelevant.

   an inconsequent remark.

4. not following from the premises.

   an inconsequent deduction.

5. not in keeping with the general character or design; inconsistent.

   inconsequent ornamentation.

6. without worth or consequence; trivial.

   a frivolous, inconsequent young man.

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Other Word Forms

• inconsequence
  noun
• inconsequentness
  noun
• inconsequently
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of inconsequent

1570–80; < Late Latin inconsequent- (stem of inconsequēns ) not following. See in- ³, consequent

Example Sentences

To what inconsequent polysyllabic question of its readers did Slate Dot Com return a monosyllabic negative answer?

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2018

Here, you could argue, is the very justification of the novel itself – the education of our imaginations not by precept but through the inconsequent palpability of art, what Henry James called its "irresponsible plasticity".

From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2010

With ordinary people�the shopkeepers, former spies, pharmacists, German soldiers, lawyers, biologists, hairdressers�they steadily expose those jagged, apparently inconsequent motivations that can lead a man either way in a private crisis.

From Time Magazine Archive

Despite the Bertie Wooster inconsequent twists of a statement like that, there is nothing soft about George Bush.

From Time Magazine Archive

A butterfly sped past us on the terrace, silly and inconsequent.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier