inconsistently
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An employee who believes a request is unreasonable or inconsistently applied should first raise the issue with a manager or HR and explain how the rule is affecting their comfort or ability to work safely.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Founder Kale Li told AFP she first became interested in the industry after becoming tired of dealing with inconsistently priced and unreliable handymen in southwestern Chengdu, where she lives.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Perryman said she thought the quarantine rules had “been inconsistently applied from the very beginning.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
The court had applied Purcell inconsistently across cases, eventually expanding its application to redistricting cases, including Milligan and Callais.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
The remaining four proposed factors—war, centralized government, climate, and resource abundance—appear to act inconsistently: sometimes they stimulate technology, sometimes they inhibit it.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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