Definition of conflicting
:being in conflict, collision, or opposition :incompatible
- conflicting theories
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Examples of conflicting in a Sentence
conflicting reports from the witnesses at the scene
Recent Examples of conflicting from the Web
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Of all the drama on Game of Thrones, no character has more conflicting relationships going at once than Jaime Lannister.
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Trump himself has sent some conflicting signals about what would trigger a U.S. military response.
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Based on those and other conflicting studies, the federal draft concludes that there was a medium likelihood that climate change played a role in the Texas heat wave.
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A series of conflicting media reports about Kishida’s fate have emerged over the past few weeks.
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Dr. Marsh says these seemingly conflicting findings show the relationship between birth control and mood is complex, and still not well understood.
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Kasich and Pence got in a tiff this month over their conflicting views on GOP efforts to scrap Obamacare.
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McConnell has so far failed to unify his caucus and bring a bill to a vote after moderates and conservatives defected over conflicting objections to the plans.
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Many Somali community members who spoke to The Associated Press were mourning over Damond’s death, but the talk at local coffee shops turned to confusion and conflicting feelings about Noor’s involvement.
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First Known Use of conflicting
1592
conflicting Synonyms
Synonyms
clashing, inconsistent, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsonant, inharmonious, mutually exclusive, repugnantAntonyms
accordant, agreeing, compatible, concordant, conformable (to), congruent, congruous, consistent, consonant, correspondent (with or to), harmonious, nonconflictingRelated Words
irreconcilable; antagonistic, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, contradictory, contrary, diametric (or diametrical), opposing, oppositeNear Antonyms
akin, like, similarLearn More about conflicting
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