inconsonant

[ in-kon-suh-nuhnt ]
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adjective
  1. not consonant or in accord.

Origin of inconsonant

1
First recorded in 1650–60; in-3 + consonant

Other words from inconsonant

  • in·con·so·nance, noun
  • in·con·so·nant·ly, adverb

Words Nearby inconsonant

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How to use inconsonant in a sentence

  • He had not thought this of Bassett; it was inconsonant with the character of man he still believed Morton Bassett to be.

    A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith Nicholson
  • For the Muhammadans at least this would have at one time been considered as most inconsonant with their religion.

  • The dish was hounded down as something too utterly inconsonant with the culinary decencies of civilisation.

  • Discretion, as he had already learned and later formally stated and proved, was not inconsonant with rational valor.

    The Philosophy of Spinoza | Baruch de Spinoza

British Dictionary definitions for inconsonant

inconsonant

/ (ɪnˈkɒnsənənt) /


adjective
  1. lacking in harmony or compatibility; discordant

Derived forms of inconsonant

  • inconsonance, noun
  • inconsonantly, adverb

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