inconsistent
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"For years, the industry has struggled with treatments that provide inconsistent results against bacterial blotch," said Samuel Martins, co-author and assistant professor in the UF/IFAS Department of Plant Pathology.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Because those results were unusually inconsistent, the researchers used phylogenomics, a method that compares hundreds of genes at the same time.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Some people thought they would be up there challenging for the title but they look far too inconsistent to do that.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The contradictory and inconsistent messaging leaves me feeling quite confused.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Some people never admit that they are wrong and continue to find new, and often mutually inconsistent, arguments to support their case—as Eddington did in opposing black hole theory.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
Vocabulary lists containing inconsistent
Can I depend on you?
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Common Core Grades 11–12, List 4
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All My Rage
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