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Incompossible vs. Inconsistent

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Incompossibleadjective

(rare) Not capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent.

Inconsistentadjective

Not consistent:

Incompossibleadjective

Not capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent.

‘Ambition and faith . . . are . . . incompossible.’;

Inconsistentadjective

Not compatible (with another thing); incompatible, discrepant, at odds.

‘His account of the evening was inconsistent with the security-camera footage.’;

Inconsistentadjective

Lacking internal consistency; self-contradicting; not compatible with itself.

‘He gave an inconsistent account of the evening, saying he called her before eight, but later that he had not talked to her until after nine.’;

Inconsistentadjective

Not consistent or coherent in thought or behavior.

Inconsistentadjective

(logic) Having the property that a contradiction can be derived.

Inconsistentadjective

Not consistent; showing inconsistency; irreconcilable; contradictory, or having contradictory implications; discordant; at variance, esp. as regards character, sentiment, or action; incompatible; incongruous.

‘Compositions of this nature . . . show that wisdom and virtue are far from being inconsistent with politeness and good humor.’;

Inconsistentadjective

Not exhibiting uniformity of sentiment, steadiness to principle, etc.; unequal; fickle; changeable.

‘Ah, how unjust to nature, and himself,Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man.’;

Inconsistentadjective

displaying a lack of consistency;

‘inconsistent statements’; ‘inconsistent with the roadmap’;

Inconsistentadjective

not capable of being made consistent or harmonious;

‘inconsistent accounts’;

Inconsistentadjective

not in agreement

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