INCONSISTENCIES

Definition: INCONSISTENCIES

INCONSISTENCIES

Plural

1. Of Inconsistency

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "INCONSISTENCIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references)

Crosswords: INCONSISTENCIES

English words defined with "INCONSISTENCIES": anacoluthic ♦ Socratic irony. (references)

Specialty definitions using "INCONSISTENCIES": abstract manager, astronomical constants ♦ chief of production ♦ dietary assistant ♦ JavaScript ♦ KITCHEN SUPERVISOR ♦ manager, kitchen, MANAGER, TITLE SEARCH, master control engineer, MASTER CONTROL OPERATOR ♦ QUALITY-CONTROL CHECKER. (references)

Etymologies containing "INCONSISTENCIES": inconsistency. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Well why not? The world is full of inconsistencies. Full of unnatural beings, nature's mistakes they call you for instance! (The Haunting; writing credit: Shirley Jackson; Nelson Gidding)
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Domain	Title
Books	Hearing, conflicts and inconsistencies in workplace regulations : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities , House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first ses (reference) Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion I: Ter Unus: Isis Dionysus, Hermes Three Studies in Henotheism (Studies in Greek and Roman Religion, Vo) (reference) Judging Social Issues: Difficulties, Inconsistencies, and Consistencies (Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development Serial No. 224,) (reference) The inconsistencies of "State-Capitalism" (reference) The structure of social inconsistencies; a contribution to a unified theory of play, game, and social action (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Quotation
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton	No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		ADHD often does not present as an isolated disorder, and comorbidities (coexisting conditions) may complicate research studies, which may account for some of the inconsistencies in research findings. (references)
		Methodologic inconsistencies, such as variation in latent period from last dose to delivery, in number of repeat courses compared, and variability of inclusion of multifetal pregnancies made it difficult to combine data from multiple studies. (references)
Business		The agricultural machinery industry is decentralized and composed primarily of small to medium-sized manufacturers whose products suffer from quality inconsistencies. (references)
		American program developers with operations in Korea have noted some inconsistencies between the guidelines of the Ministry of Education and district boards of education in the interpretation and implementation of regulations that affect hiring, classroom sizes and building capacity codes. (references)
		In an attempt to address the inconsistencies between curricula and actual demand, MOET is devising a plan to train more software engineers by the year 2005. It will increase investment in infrastructure upgrades and retrain graduates of related disciplines so that they can work as software engineers. (references)
Civil Liberties	Greece	Deportations of both illegal and legal immigrants, abusive treatment by police, and inconsistencies and inequities in the way employers provide wages and benefits to domestic and foreign workers were common. (references)
Economic History	Bahrain	Inconsistencies also can arise with issues such as visas, work permits and customs valuations. (references)
	Trinidad	However, several foreign firms have alleged that there are inconsistencies in the granting of long-term work permits. (references)
Human Rights	Nigeria	However, the suspect was considered to be of questionable sanity, and there reportedly were inconsistencies in his statement; his confession was found not to be credible, and he was released. (references)
	Yemen	A third judicial reform program, financed by international assistance, was initiated in January 2000 and is to last through March 2002. The program focuses on the Ministries of Justice and of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and is to provide training in business and commercial law for judges; a diagnostic study of judicial education curriculum; training on drafting of legislation; and a review of the country's commercial laws to identify and correct inconsistencies or close gaps. (references)
Political Economy	MEXICO	U.S. exporters have also complained of inconsistencies among ports of entry. (references)
Trade	China	This vagueness allows Chinese courts and officials to apply them flexibly, which results in inconsistencies. (references)
	Thailand	For several years, foreign companies and their importers in Thailand have encountered inconsistencies in the operations of the Thai Customs Department particularly for goods valuation. (references)
	Ukraine	While this might be appropriate in clear and transparent tax environments, the ambiguities of and inconsistencies in the Ukrainian tax legislation, especially when compared with financial accounting principles and international practice, have given rise to serious interpretation problems, frequently leading to costly disputes between taxpayers and tax authorities. (references)
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Speaker	Phrase(s)
Tommy Thompson	Well, I'm not saying we could do better. I'm saying that if there are some inconsistencies, the Congress is the one that will have to change those inconsistencies and be able to determine who is going to have the responsibility.
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"INCONSISTENCIES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "INCONSISTENCIES" is used about 229 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	100%	229	19,864

Language		Translations for "INCONSISTENCIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		不一致 (inconsistency, inconsistent). (various references)

German		Widersprüche (antitheses, conflicting data, contradictions, disaccords). (various references)

Pig Latin		inconsistenciesay
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Misspellings
	"INCONSISTENCIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inconsistancies. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "INCONSISTENCIES" (pronounced i'ngkÄ"nsi'ste'nsēz)
5	-e' n s ē z	residencies.
4	-n s ē z	agencies, competencies, constituencies, contingencies, currencies, deficiencies, delinquencies, dependencies, discrepancies, efficiencies, emergencies, excellencies, exigencies, expectancies, fancies, frequencies, inefficiencies, insolvencies, insurgencies, malignancies, pregnancies, presidencies, redundancies, tendencies, transparencies, vacancies.
3	-s ē z	accuracies, archdiocese, autopsies, bankruptcies, biopsies, bureaucracies, candidacies, conspiracies, controversies, courtesies, crises, cruces, delicacies, democracies, diagnoses, embassies, epilepsies, fallacies, fantasies, galaxies, gypsies, inaccuracies, inadequacies, intricacies, jealousies, legacies, maxis, mercies, misdiagnoses, nazis, neuroses, oases, patsies, pharmacies, policies, posses, privacies, prognoses, prophecies, prostheses, proxies, taxis, theses.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-i-i-i-n-n-n-o-s-s-s-t"
	-1 letter: inconsistences.
	-2 letters: consistencies, inconsistence.
	-3 letters: concinnities, consistences, insistencies.
	-4 letters: conciseness, consistence, continences, inconscient, innocencies, insistences, nonsciences, tinninesses.
	-5 letters: conicities, continence, innocences, insistence, intensions, noninsects, nonscience, tininesses.
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