inconsistency

inconsistency
(pl. -ies)
  1. [mass noun]the fact or state of being inconsistent
    不一致,不协调
    inconsistency between his expressed attitudes and his actual behaviour.
    他言行的不一致。
    ■[count noun]an inconsistent element or an instance of being inconsistent
    不协调的因素;不一致的情况
    the single glaring inconsistency in the argument.
    辩论中惟一突出的不协调因素。
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: from inconsistent, on the pattern of consistency
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