as in errors
something that is not in agreement with other information
The job application was full of inconsistencies; even the applicant's name was spelled three different ways.
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Recent Examples of inconsistencies
Skinner and Calvin Pickard are back on the roster — albeit with Connor Ingram being acquired last week — despite inconsistencies last season.
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Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Regardless of its patchwork flaws and the narrative inconsistencies that have come to define its digital footprint in the years since, by all accounts, the overall experience of making the film stayed true to Candy’s core sensibilities.
—Simon Bland, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025
There have always been inconsistencies around the circumstances of Poe’s death, however.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Despite its tonal inconsistencies, The Vampire and the Ballerina is one of the most influential additions to the canon.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Several of these inconsistencies, coupled with a look at the quality of the videos, suggest AI’s usage.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
Through all these inconsistencies, absences, dissonances, and contradictions, an overarching coherence emerges.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
Despite his inconsistencies as a passer at times, Johnson will still be one of the most dynamic quarterbacks TCU has faced.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
Thompson was retried over a year later in February 2025, and the prosecution pointed out inconsistencies from his 2023 testimony.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Regardless of its patchwork flaws and the narrative inconsistencies that have come to define its digital footprint in the years since, by all accounts, the overall experience of making the film stayed true to Candy’s core sensibilities.
—Simon Bland, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025
There have always been inconsistencies around the circumstances of Poe’s death, however.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Despite its tonal inconsistencies, The Vampire and the Ballerina is one of the most influential additions to the canon.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Several of these inconsistencies, coupled with a look at the quality of the videos, suggest AI’s usage.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
Through all these inconsistencies, absences, dissonances, and contradictions, an overarching coherence emerges.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
Despite his inconsistencies as a passer at times, Johnson will still be one of the most dynamic quarterbacks TCU has faced.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
Thompson was retried over a year later in February 2025, and the prosecution pointed out inconsistencies from his 2023 testimony.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconsistencies
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In that same period, Chelsea have made more errors leading to shots in the Premier League than any other side.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Automation bias can lead to critical errors of commission (acting on flawed advice) and omission (failing to act when a system misses something), particularly in high-stakes environments.—
Nelson Lim,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Advertisement There was also a growing feeling that a few more mistakes in Sweida and in coastal Latakia, where Syrian forces massacred Alawites in early March, and the world could turn against the new President.—
Hassan Hassan,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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Cable operators such as Charter and its biggest peer in the sector, Comcast, are working to fix the customer service mistakes of the past in order to sell themselves as the best value option for consumers.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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Doorman highlights more recent scholarship that argues that this is an oversimplification of what were larger theoretical differences between the movement’s two founders.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Oct. 2025
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Participants will learn the differences between dabbling and diving ducks, their unique characteristics and how to use eBird to find local waterfowl viewing hot spots.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Inconsistencies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconsistencies. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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