Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconsequent
Adjective
  • The same could be true of the recent cost estimates, but construction technology has advanced in the past half century, so that lower costs per mile are not unreasonable.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
  • Barbara Attard, a police accountability expert, said meet and confer can last months, but beyond a year is unreasonable.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2025
Adjective
  • In the case of mania, a mental health symptom where patients experience irrational self-belief and happiness, models responded correctly 80% of the time.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 13 July 2025
  • This tracks with an observation made by the journalist David Epstein, who writes in Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World that athletes from tiny towns have irrational levels of success.
    Henry Abbott, The Atlantic, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • Carlson said he's seen a lot of online comments on posts about his new record claiming the fish's weight seems impossible and bow fishing being illegitimate.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 23 July 2025
  • However, in past few years, the European Union has focused its attention on regulating activities in freeports, especially after increasing instances of use of these freeports, including those in Switzerland and Geneva, for illegitimate activities.
    Priya Prakash Royal Esq. LL.M. MBA AEP TEP, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
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“Inconsequent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconsequent. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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