How to Use inconsistency in a Sentence

inconsistency

noun

• The team's biggest problem has been inconsistency: it has played well at times, but at other times it has played very poorly.
• Customers have been complaining about the inconsistency in the quality of service they have received.
• Careful editing of the entire text has eliminated inconsistencies of style.
• We noted a major inconsistency in his story.
• There is some inconsistency in her argument.
• Police noticed inconsistency in his two statements.
• The Lancers have won all four of their rounds, with some inconsistency across the team in strokes.
  — Benjamin Yates, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2023
• The inconsistency showed up, reared its head, in the second half.
  — Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2024
• Still, even with a bout of inconsistency, there’s no doubt Houston is a check in the win column for Ballard and the Colts.
  — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Mar. 2021
• Ohtani’s inconsistency on the mound and in the batter’s box hasn’t slowed the Angels, who are 13-7 and 1 ½ games ahead of the second-place Seattle Mariners.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
• This year of inconsistency came out of nowhere for Prater.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2021
• The story for most of the year with the Bucs has been inconsistency, and their loss to the Bengals was a perfect example.
  — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022
• The second apparent inconsistency is behind Louis’ right knee, where there is a break in the line of the wall.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024
• Prue says that the tea works really well, but Paul doesn’t like the inconsistency of the layers and that there is not enough orange.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2024
• The only distracting thing about it for me was the inconsistency of the accents.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 16 July 2023
• Given the strength of the Chargers defense, as well as the inconsistencies of the Texans offense, the over/under of 42.5 is the lowest of the weekend.
  — The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
• Young team, prone to inconsistency as all young teams are.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 6 Jan. 2022
• For the Cavs, the most notable issues in their control are their night-to-night inconsistency, bad habits and end-of-game blunders.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2023
• But a high walk rate (7.4) and bouts of inconsistency negated that.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
• With only Big East play from here on out, the next step is to reduce the frequency and length of those bouts of inconsistency.
  — Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 7 Feb. 2022
• But inconsistencies are trivial so long as the doubletalk suits Bach and the IOC's end purpose.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
• And both teams have shown the inconsistency to also look rotten at home.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 May 2022
• Instead, inconsistency on both sides of the ball led to an ugly loss.
  — Barry Wilner, courant.com, 23 Nov. 2020
• Instead, inconsistency on both sides of the ball led to an ugly loss.
  — Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 23 Nov. 2020
• What matters now is the slide, the inconsistency and the unsettling sense of a team spiraling up the standings but down in form.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
• Injuries and inconsistency at center knocked the offense off the road at times in 2020.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 22 Apr. 2021
• The researchers also encountered a medley of inconsistencies in the way that Ariely had described the study over the years.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
• The inconsistency of the at-bats may be tougher, but Brosseau thinks preparing to come off the bench has been simplified in this format.
  — Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2022
• Steele and Smith will lead an offensive line that hopes to have a bounce-back season after being plagued by injuries and inconsistency last year.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2025
• Johnson explained the inconsistency by saying that some of the deals were joint ventures with assets on other companies’ books.
  — Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025