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Definition: Inconsistent |
InconsistentAdjective1. Displaying a lack of consistency; "inconsistent statements"; "inconsistent with the roadmap". 2. Not capable of being made consistent or harmonious; "inconsistent accounts". 3. Not in agreement. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "inconsistent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
Etymology: Inconsistent \In`con*sist"ent\, adjective. [Prefix in- not consistent: compare to the French expression inconsistant.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In mathematics, a formal system is said to be consistent if none of its proven theorems can also be disproven within that system. Or, alternatively, if the formal system does not assign both true and false as the semantics of one given statement.To add:
See also:
- systems proved to be consistent
- systems not proved consistent
- systems that cannot be proved consistent
- Gödel's incompleteness theorem
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Consistency."
Synonym: InconsistentSynonym: discrepant (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: consistent (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Absurdity | Adjective: absurd, nonsensical, preposterous, egregious, senseless, inconsistent, ridiculous, extravagant, quibbling; self-annulling, self-contradictory; macaronic, punning. |
Caprice | Adjective: capricious; erratic, eccentric, fitful, hysterical; full of whims; Noun: maggoty; inconsistent, fanciful, fantastic, whimsical, crotchety, kinky, particular, humorsome, freakish, skittish, wanton, wayward; contrary; captious; arbitrary; unconformable; penny wise and pound foolish; fickle; (irresolute); frivolous, sleeveless, giddy, volatile. |
Contrariety | Adjective: contrary, contrarious, contrariant; opposite, counter, dead against; converse, reverse; opposed, contrasted, antipodean, antagonistic, opposing; conflicting, inconsistent, contradictory, at cross purposes; negative; hostile. differing toto coelo; diametrically opposite; diametrically opposed; as opposite as black and white, as opposite as light and darkness, as opposite as fire and water, as opposite as the poles; as different as night and day; " Hyperion to a satyr"; quite the contrary, quite the reverse;no such thing, just the other way, tout au contraire. |
Disagreement | Adjective: disagreeing; Verb: discordant, discrepant; at variance, at war; hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable, inconsistent with; unconformable, exceptional; intrusive, incongruous; disproportionate, disproportionated; inharmonious, unharmonious; inconsonant, unconsonant; divergent, repugnant to. |
Imbecility Folly | Foolish, unwise, injudicious, improper, unreasonable, without reason, ridiculous, absurd, idiotic, silly, stupid, asinine; ill-imagined, ill-advised, ill-judged, ill-devised; mal entendu; inconsistent, irrational, unphilosophical; extravagant; (nonsensical); sleeveless, idle; pointless, useless; inexpedient; frivolous; (trivial). |
Reasoning, | Unreasonable, illogical, false, unsound, invalid; unwarranted, not following; inconsequent, inconsequential; inconsistent; absonous, absonant; unscientific; untenable, inconclusive, incorrect; fallacious, fallible; groundless, unproved; non sequitur. |
Unskillfulness | Unadvised; ill-advised, misadvised; ill-devised, ill-imagined, ill-judged, ill-contrived, ill-conducted; unguided, misguided; misconducted, foolish, wild; infelicitous; penny wise and pound foolish; (inconsistent). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | The acoustics are somewhat inconsistent, should you reconsider your evaluation, I could provide you with a private box. (The Phantom of the Opera; writing credit: Gerry O'Hara) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | What's inconsistent about this?. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Harold Coffin | Feminine logic is fallacious, shallow, inconsistent, irrelevant, capricious, transparent -- and irrefutable. |
John C. Calhoun | Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Where the laws cannot be executed, it is all one as if there were no laws; and a government without laws is, I suppose, a mystery in politics, unconceivable to human capacity, and inconsistent with human society. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | In case any Member of the League shall, before becoming a Member of the League, have undertaken any obligations inconsistent with the terms of this Covenant, it shall be the duty of such Member to take immediate steps to procure its release from such obligations. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Would a special relationship between the United States and the British Commonwealth be inconsistent with our over-riding loyalties to the World Organization? I reply that, on the contrary, it is probably the only means by which that organization will achieve its full stature and strength. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Results from studies examining the efficacy of imipramine are inconsistent. (references) | |
Even when studies suggest a deleterious outcome, they are generally inconsistent. (references) | ||
The evidence is inconsistent regarding the use of fertility drugs as a risk factor. (references) | ||
Business | Enforcement is often inconsistent. (references) | |
Local products are inconsistent in quality and are highly toxic. (references) | ||
Different staff members in the bank's currency control department take inconsistent positions. (references) | ||
Children | Syria | However, implementation is inconsistent. (references) |
Afghanistan | The Taliban's implementation of educational policy was inconsistent and varied from region to region, as well as over time. (references) | |
Belgium | A Senate report in July indicated that not all courts apply the laws equally; the differences are attributed to inconsistent prosecutorial efforts. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Cyprus | Implementation of the new policy has been inconsistent. (references) |
Macedonia | License fees collected from private broadcasters are supposed to help subsidize the state-run system, but collections were inconsistent. (references) | |
Malaysia | Opposition parties and NGO's criticized these actions as discriminatory, claiming that such steps were inconsistent with the demands of a democratic society. (references) | |
Discrimination | Greece | The Constitution provides for equality before the law irrespective of nationality, race, language, religious or political belief; however, government respect for these rights was inconsistent in practice. (references) |
Slovak Republic | The law prohibits discrimination and provides for the equality of all citizens; however, enforcement of the law is inconsistent, and different minority groups have reported that their members often receive no government assistance for complaints about discrimination. (references) | |
Economic History | Dominican Rep | The patent law remains WTO inconsistent in a number of key areas. (references) |
Human Rights | Pakistan | The federal Shariat court also may overturn any legislation judged to be inconsistent with the tenets of Islam. (references) |
Gambia | This decree formally remains in effect, pending a judicial finding that the decree is inconsistent with the Constitution. (references) | |
Gambia | These detention decrees appear to be inconsistent with the Constitution, but they have not been subject to judicial challenge. (references) | |
Minorities | Portugal | According to an NGO that tracks racist and xenophobic issues, activities by racist groups were increasing and the police response to such actions tended to be inconsistent. (references) |
Political Economy | BRAZIL | Brazilian policy on biotech remains inconsistent and lacks transparency. (references) |
PORTUGAL | The current code, however, remains inconsistent with TRIPS in certain regards. (references) | |
Political Rights | Lebanon | Officials applied inconsistent voting regulations, often favoring progovernment candidates. (references) |
Bangladesh | Local NGO's including civil society organizations deployed observers for the elections but their coverage was spotty and inconsistent. (references) | |
Trade | Poland | Information regarding the cost for testing products is also inconsistent. (references) |
Travel | Thailand | The Thai cultural values of patience, respect for status (age, authority, etc.) and not losing face, are significant factors in business relationships as well . Thais feel great pride for their country and have deep respect for tradition . Sometimes, however, observance of traditional formalities may seem inconsistent to the tolerant, relaxed nature of living in Thailand . This can be confusing or frustrating to Westerners who are more informal and more time conscious. (references) |
Worker Rights | Tajikistan | Payment of overtime is inconsistent in all sectors. (references) |
Armenia | Soviet-era occupational and safety standards remained in force; however, in practice conditions were very inconsistent. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ABSURDITY, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | The existence of immense aggregations of kindred enterprises and combinations of business interests formed for the purpose of limiting production and fixing prices is inconsistent with the fair field which ought to be open to every independent activity. |
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| "Inconsistent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.69% of the time. "Inconsistent" is used about 646 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.69% | 644 | 10,128 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.31% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 646 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "inconsistent": be inconsistent with ♦ be inconsistent with smth. ♦ inventory difference due to inconsistent pricing of movement data. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "inconsistent": time-inconsistent. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
inconsistent | 13 |
article inconsistent navigation unclear | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "inconsistent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i parregullt (abnormal, erratic, incorrect, irregular, out), i papajtueshëm (discordant, dissonant, divergent, implacable, incompatible, incongruous, inconsonant, intransigent, irreconcilable, relentless, unappeasable), kontradiktor (conflicting, contradictory, irreconcilable, paradoxical). (various references) | |
Arabic | متنافر (conflicting, discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, grotesque, incoherent, incompatible, incongruous, inharmonious, jarring), متناقض مع نفسه, متقلب (capricious, changeable, changeful, choppy, fickle, flighty, fluctuant, fluky, freakish, incalculable, inconstant, jumpy, mercurial, mobile, moody, mutable, reversible, rough and tumble, shaky, skittish, temperamental, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, versatile, volatile, wavering, wayward, weather vane, whimsical, yeasty), متعارض (conflicting, cross, cross-cut, discordant, discrepant, opposite), متضارب (clashing, conflicting, disagreeing, discordant, incompatible, incongruous, irreconcilable, opposite), غير منسجم (maladjusted), غير متساوق. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | който не се съгласува, който е в разрез, който е в противоречие, несъвместим (conflicting, incongruous, irreconcilable, repugnant, unsuited), непоследователен (contradictious, desultory, fanciful, incoherent, inconsecutive, inconsequent, inconsequential, undigested), променлив (baffling, changeable, choppy, erratic, fitful, fluctuating, fluent, inconstant, liquid, mobile, protean, shifting, undecided, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, variant, varied, versatile, volatile). (various references) | |
Chinese | 不符 (not agree or tally with, not conform to, not in agreement with), 不一致 (Inconsistencies, inconsistency). (various references) | |
Czech | rozporný (conflicting, contradictory, dissentient, eristic), nedùsledný (desultory, inconsecutive, inconsequent). (various references) | |
Danish | inkonsistent estimator (inconsistent estimator), omvurderingsdifference for lagervarer (inventory difference due to inconsistent pricing of movement data, stock price discrepancies), omvurderingsdifference (inventory difference due to inconsistent pricing of movement data, stock price discrepancies), magt paa nogen anden maade,der er uforenelig med De forenede Nationers formaal og med naervaerende deklaration (force in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations and with the present Declaration), lagerprisafvigelse (inventory difference due to inconsistent pricing of movement data, stock price discrepancies), afstaa fra enhver handling,som er uforenelig med formaalene og principperne i De forenede Nationers pagt (to refrain from any action inconsistent with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations), administrativ forskrift ikke i overensstemmelse (administrative instruction inconsistent herewith). (various references) | |
Dutch | inconsequent. (various references) | |
Esperanto | nekonsekvenca. (various references) | |
Farsi | متناقض (Anomalous, Incoherent, Incommensurable, Repugnant), ناجور (Away, Cockeyed, Disparate, Dissimilar, Dissonant, Heterogeneous, Inapplicable, Inappropriate, Incorrect, Inept, Misfit, Piebald, Sorry, Uneven). (various references) | |
Finnish | yhteensopimaton (incompatible), epäjohdonmukainen. (various references) | |
French | inconsistant, inconséquent (inconsequent, inconsequential), incompatible (incompatible, incongruous), incohérent (incoherent), en contradiction. (various references) | |
German | widersprechend (conflicting, contradicting, contradictory, dissenting, vetoing), unvereinbar (dissonant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistently, irreconcilable), folgewidrig (inconsequent). (various references) | |
Greek | ασυνεπήσ (inconsequent). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לא עולה בקנה אחד (inconsonant), לא עקיב (inconsequential), סותר (conflicting, contradictory, incompatible). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nem következetes, nem összeillő (unequal, unmatched), következetlen (inconsecutive, inconsequent, inconsequential, thoughtless), ellentmondó (conflicting, contradictious, contradictor, contradictory, inconsonant, perverse, thwarting), összeegyeztethetetlen (incompatible, irreconcilable), állhatatlan (changeable, fickle, flighty, hoity toity, inconstant, mercurial, quavery, skittish, to blow hot a cold). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tidak konsekwen, mencla-mencle (unreliable). (various references) | |
Italian | inconsistente (insubstantial), inconseguente (inconsequent, inconsequential), incongruente (incongruous, inconsequent), incompatibile (incompatible), incoerente (disjointed, incoherent, rambling). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 支離滅裂 (illogical, incoherent). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しりめつれつ (illogical, incoherent), ふごうり (absurd, irrational, unreasonable), ふてってい (half-way, illogical, indefinite, not thorough, unconvincing), つじつまのあわない (incoherent). (various references) | |
Korean | 지리멸렬한. (various references) | |
Manx | neuhassooagh (astatic), lhiam-lhiat (fickle person, turncoat, two-faced, Vicar of Bray). (various references) | |
Norwegian | inkonsekvent, selvmotsigende. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | inconsistentay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | inconsequente (incoherent, inconclusive, inconsecutive, inconsequent). (various references) | |
Romanian | nepotrivit (awkward, bad, discordant, dissonant, ill-matched, ill-sorted, improper, inadequate, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incapable, incongruous, incorrect, ineligible, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, inopportune, insufficient, intrusive, irrelevant, malapropos, misbecoming, off color, off colour, out of character, out of date, out of point, timeless, unapt, unbecoming, uncalled for, uncomely, undue, unequal, unfit, unmeet, unseasonable, untimely, unwarranted), neconsecvent, lipsit de armonie, eterogen (different, dissimilar, heterogeneal, heterogeneous, medley, mixed, promiscuous). (various references) | |
Russian | противоречивый (conflicting, contradictious, contradictory, irreconcilable, warring, wry). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | protivrečan (contradictory, discordant, discrepant), nestalan (changeable, erratic, fickle, fleeting, impermanent, inconstant, mercurial, shifty, skittish, transient, unabiding, unsteady, versatile, volatile, voluble), nesaglasan (disagreeing, inconsonant, nonconformist, unconforming). (various references) | |
Spanish | inconsistente, inconsecuente (inconsequent, inconsequential), incongruo (incongruous), incoherente (incoherent, meandering). (various references) | |
Swedish | inkonsekvent (illegitimate, inconsecutive, inconsequent, inconsequential). (various references) | |
Turkish | uyuşmaz, tutarsız (abrupt, as thin as a wafer, choppy, conflicting, contradictious, contradictory, desultory, disconnected, discursive, disjointed, double-minded, incoherent, inconsequent, inconsequential, precarious, rambling, unconnected, wafer-thin, wayward), saati saatine uymaz, kararsız (ambivalent, astatic, baffling, changeable, changeful, double-minded, doubtful, dubious, erratic, faltering, fickle, flighty, fluctuating, flukey, fluky, fluxional, halting, hazy, hesitant, inconstant, indecisive, infirm, infirm of purpose, irresolute, precarious, restless, shilly shally, uncertain, uncommitted, undecided, undetermined, unresolved, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, vagabond, vague, wayward, weak-kneed), değişken (capricious, changeable, changeful, choppy, erratic, factor, fickle, fitful, flexible, flexile, fluid, fluxional, incalculable, inconstant, inequable, labile, mercurial, mobile, mutable, protean, shifting, sliding, streaked, streaky, swinging, uncertain, unfunded, unstable, unsteady, variable, variant, versatile), bağdaşmaz (incoherent, irreconcilable), aykırı (anomalous, anti-, antithetic, antithetical, athwart, contradictious, contradictory, counter, crossways, crosswise, gainst, heterodox, impolitic, incongruous, repugnant, thwart, transverse). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | несумісний (dissociable, exclusive, incompatible), непослідовний (discursive, inconsequent, inconsequential), мінливий (capricious, changeable, changeful, chatoyant, chequered, choppy, floating, interchangeable, mutable, non-permanent, skittish, stayless, uncertain, vagrant, variable, varied, wanton, wavy, wayward). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trái nhau; không trước sau như một, mâu thuẫn nhau. (various references) | |
Welsh | anghyson. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | incongruens, inconstans. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "inconsistent": inconsistently. (additional references) | |
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"Inconsistent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: incinsistent, incomsistent, inconsise, inconsistant, inconsitant, inconsustent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "inconsistent" (pronounced i'nkunsi"stunt) |
| 10 | -k u n s i" s t u n t | consistent. |
| 8 | -n s i" s t u n t | insistent. |
| 7 | -s i" s t u n t | assistant, persistent. |
| 6 | -i" s t u n t | distant, existent, nonexistent, resistant. |
| 5 | -s t u n t | constant, contestant, decongestant, extant, instant, protestant. |
| 4 | -t u n t | accountant, adjutant, blatant, combatant, competent, concomitant, consultant, important, impotent, inadvertent, disinfectant, exorbitant, expectant, exultant, hesitant, incompetent, inhabitant, intermittent, irritant, latent, militant, mutant, noncombatant, omnipotent, patent, penitent, pollutant, potent, reluctant, repentant, resultant, surfactant, unimportant, unrepentant. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consonant, constituent, containment, contaminant, contentment, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insolent, insolvent, installment, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, nascent, negligent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, pennant, percipient, permanent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, postponement, postretirement, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unpleasant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: nonscientist. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-n-n-n-o-s-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: consistent, continents, intensions, intentions, noninsects. | |
-3 letters: continent, innocents, insistent, instincts, intension, intention, nicotines, noninsect, scientist, stictions, tinniness, tinstones. | |
-4 letters: coniines, consents, contents, contests, innocent, inosites, instinct, nicotine, nicotins, noisiest, oscinine, osteitic, osteitis, scotties, sections, stenotic, stiction, stoniest, tennists, tensions, tininess, tinniest, tinstone, tonetics, tontines. | |
-5 letters: cession, coniine, conines, consent, consist, content, contest, cosiest, cosines. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-n-n-n-o-s-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: nonscientists. | |
+2 letters: inconsistently. | |
+4 letters: conventionalists, intensifications. | |
+5 letters: anticonservations, containerisations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Bibliography |
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