When it comes to my supervisor, he's very inconsistent, so we never get any work done.
Source: tatoeba (65543)
Inconsistent
//ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt//
Synonyms for "inconsistent" (265 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (53)
discrepantincompatibleirreconcilableunconformableabnormalabsonantabsurdadriftadversativeadverseadversiveafloataloofalternatingamorphousanomalousantagonisticantiantipatheticantithetic
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antitheticalantonymousarbitraryassortedat cross purposesat cross-purposesat oddsat variancebalancingbrokencapriciouschangeablechangefulchangingchoppycircularclashingcompensatingconflictingconfrontingconfusedcontradictorycontradistinctcontrapositivecontrariouscontrarycontrary to reasoncontrastedcontrastingconversecounter
Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (80)
counterbalancingcounterpoisedcountervailingdead againstdepartingdesultorydetacheddeviabledeviatingdeviativedeviatorydifferentdifferentiateddifferingdisaccordantdisagreeingdisconnecteddisconsonantdiscontinuousdiscordant
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discretediscriminateddisjoineddisorderlydisparatedisproportionatedissimilardissonantdistinctdistinguisheddivaricatedivergentdivergingdiversdiversediversifieddiversiformdizzyeccentriceroseerraticeyeball to eyeballfallaciousfast and loosefaultyficklefitfulflawedflickeringflightyflittingfluctuatingforeignfreakishgappedgiddyheterogeneoushostileillogicalimpetuousimpulsivein disagreementinaccordantinauthenticincoherentincommensurableincommensurateinconclusiveincongruousinconsequentinconsequentialinconsonantinconstantindecisiveinfirminharmoniousinimicalinvalidinverse
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (132)
irrationalirregularirresoluteirresponsiblejaggedjerkylooselubriciousmanymazymercurialmismatchedmoodymotleymultifariousmutablenonadherentnonadhesivenoncoherentnoncohesive
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nonconformistnonscientificnonstandardnonuniformnot followingobverseopenopposedopposingoppositeoppositionaloppositiveoppugnantout of proportionoxymoronicparadoxicalparalogicalperversepluralisticpoles apartpoles asunderraggedramblingreasonlessrepugnantrestlessreverseroughrovingscatterbrainedscratchyself contradictoryself-annullingself-contradictoryself-refutingsenselessseparateseparatedseveralshapelessshiftingshiftyshufflingspasmodicspinelesssporadicsquared offtemperamentaltenuousticklishunaccountableunadhesiveunauthenticuncertainuncoherentuncohesiveunconnectedunconsolidateduncontrolledundependableundisciplinedunequableunequalunevenunfixedunjoinedunlikeunorthodoxunphilosophicalunpredictableunreasonableunreconciledunreliableunrestrainedunscientificunsettledunstableunstable as waterunstaidunsteadfastunsteadyunsystematicuntenaciousununiformvacillatingvagrantvariablevariantvariedvariegatedvariformvariousvaryingvicissitudinaryvicissitudinousvolatilewanderingwantonwaveringwaverywavywaywardwhimsicalwidely apartwishy washywishy-washywithout reasonwithout rhyme or reasonworlds apart
Adjective(3 words)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
54 translations across 28 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀνακόλουθος adj (not consistent)
Bulgarian
3 entries- непоследователен adj (not consistent)
- несъвместим adj (not compatible)
- противоречив adj (not consistent)
Catalan
1 entries- inconsistent adj (not consistent)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不一致的 adj (not consistent)
Czech
1 entries- nekonzistentní adj (not consistent)
Esperanto
1 entries- malakorda adj (not consistent)
Finnish
4 entries- epäjohdonmukainen adj (not consistent)
- epäkonsistentti adj (not consistent)
- inkonsistentti adj (not consistent)
- vaihteleva adj (not consistent)
French
2 entries- incohérent adj (not consistent)
- incompatible adj (not consistent)
Galician
1 entries- inconsistente adj (not consistent)
Georgian
1 entries- შეუთავსებელი adj (not consistent)
German
4 entries- fremd adj (not compatible)
- inkonsistent adj (not consistent)
- nicht kompatibel (mit) adj (not compatible)
- nicht vereinbar (mit) adj (not compatible)
Greek
1 entries- ανακόλουθος adj (not consistent)
Hungarian
4 entries- ellentmondó adj (not compatible)
- inkonzisztens adj (not consistent)
- következetlen adj (not consistent)
- összeegyeztethetetlen adj (not compatible)
Indonesian
1 entries- inkonsisten adj (not consistent)
Italian
1 entries- inconsistente adj (not consistent)
Latin
2 entries- alienus adj (not compatible)
- inconstans adj (not consistent)
Māori
1 entries- hārakiraki adj (not consistent)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- inkonsekvent adj (not consistent)
- selvmotsigende adj (not consistent)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- inkonsekvent adj (not consistent)
- sjølvmotseiande adj (not consistent)
Occitan
1 entries- inconsistent adj (not consistent)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- onbestendich adj (not consistent)
Polish
3 entries- niekonsekwentny adj (not consistent)
- niespójny adj (not consistent)
- sprzeczny adj (not consistent)
Portuguese
1 entries- inconsistente adj (not consistent)
Romanian
2 entries- inconsistent adj (not consistent)
- neconsistent adj (not consistent)
Russian
4 entries- изме́нчивый adj (not consistent)
- непосле́довательный adj (not consistent)
- непостоя́нный adj (not consistent)
- неусто́йчивый adj (not consistent)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- mì-chòrdail adj (not consistent)
Spanish
2 entries- inconsecuente adj (not consistent)
- inconsistente adj (not consistent)
Swedish
1 entries- inkonsekvent adj (not consistent)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
His argument is inconsistent with our policy.
Source: tatoeba (285873)
His story is inconsistent in many places.
Source: tatoeba (287909)
Her actions are inconsistent with her words.
Source: tatoeba (309014)
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.