inconsistentness
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From inconsistent + -ness.
Noun
[edit]inconsistentness (uncountable)
- The quality of being inconsistent.
- Antonym: consistentness
- 1904, Helen Reimensnyder Martin, Tillie: A Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch, page 113:
- But can't you see the inconsistentness of the plain people? Now a New Mennonite he says his conscience won't leave him wear grand [wear worldly dress] but he 'll make his livin' in Lancaster city by keepin' a jew'lry- store.