inconsequence

See also: inconséquence

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ consequence.

Noun

inconsequence (countable and uncountable, plural inconsequences)

1. The state or quality of being inconsequent.
   • 2008, The Onion, 0:50 from the start, in Pre-Game Coin Toss Makes Jaguars Realize Randomness Of Life‎^[1], spoken by Reggie Greengrass (Beau Baxtor):

     Quit pondering the inconsequence of being in a universe governed by chaos and just play some football.

   • 2013, Patrick Hamilton, The Slaves of Solitude‎^[2]:

     There, through the door and out of her life, it all went—the Lieutenant, his Laundry, his inconsequence, his habit of drinking too much, his failings, his niceness, his kissings in the dark, her little “romance” and renewed interest in life because of him, all.

2. An inconsequent thing.
   • 1966, Owen Chadwick, The Victorian Church, volume 1, page 452:

     His voice was monotonous and jerky, but his sermons were sane, and after the bald inconsequences of Howley even eloquent.

   • 1999, Owen Bradley, A Modern Maistre: The Social and Political Thought of Joseph de Maistre, →ISBN, page 212:

     Only those who would view the Terror either as the last word on revolution or as an inconsequence, as more of the same, deny it any providentiality […]

Translations

state or quality of being inconsequent

• Bulgarian: непоследователност (bg) f (neposledovatelnost)
• Maori: hanganoatanga
• Polish: niekonsekwencja f

References

• “inconsequence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• nonquiescence