How to Use inconsistency in a Sentence

inconsistency

noun

• The team's biggest problem has been inconsistency: it has played well at times, but at other times it has played very poorly.
• Customers have been complaining about the inconsistency in the quality of service they have received.
• Careful editing of the entire text has eliminated inconsistencies of style.
• We noted a major inconsistency in his story.
• There is some inconsistency in her argument.
• Police noticed inconsistency in his two statements.
• The Lancers have won all four of their rounds, with some inconsistency across the team in strokes.
  — Benjamin Yates, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2023
• The inconsistency showed up, reared its head, in the second half.
  — Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2024
• Ohtani’s inconsistency on the mound and in the batter’s box hasn’t slowed the Angels, who are 13-7 and 1 ½ games ahead of the second-place Seattle Mariners.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
• The story for most of the year with the Bucs has been inconsistency, and their loss to the Bengals was a perfect example.
  — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022
• The second apparent inconsistency is behind Louis’ right knee, where there is a break in the line of the wall.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024
• The only distracting thing about it for me was the inconsistency of the accents.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 16 July 2023
• For the Cavs, the most notable issues in their control are their night-to-night inconsistency, bad habits and end-of-game blunders.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2023
• But a high walk rate (7.4) and bouts of inconsistency negated that.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
• With only Big East play from here on out, the next step is to reduce the frequency and length of those bouts of inconsistency.
  — Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 7 Feb. 2022
• But inconsistencies are trivial so long as the doubletalk suits Bach and the IOC's end purpose.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
• And both teams have shown the inconsistency to also look rotten at home.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 May 2022
• The researchers also encountered a medley of inconsistencies in the way that Ariely had described the study over the years.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
• The inconsistency of the at-bats may be tougher, but Brosseau thinks preparing to come off the bench has been simplified in this format.
  — Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2022
• Both teams have struggled since, thanks to a rash of injuries and inconsistency.
  — Catena Media, al, 5 Dec. 2022
• Drafted by the Sparks in 2012, the forward out of Stanford has served as the team’s pillar amid coaching changes and inconsistency.
  — Myah Taylor, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2022
• The inconsistency has been maddening, and it’s made Poole public enemy No. 1 in the eyes of some fans.
  — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 May 2023
• And a lack of patience has contributed to the high turnover, inconsistency and disappointments of the last decade-plus.
  — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024
• Pitching has been the biggest area of inconsistency, though the staff and bullpen did very well in the conference tournament.
  — oregonlive, 2 June 2023
• Then injuries struck, and the Yankees had no choice but to sign up for Germán’s inconsistency every fifth game.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 29 June 2023
• The inconsistency from March to April gives the Fed a good reason to want more time to think before acting on interest rates in July.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 17 June 2023
• The Bulls looked like they were destined to make a deep playoff run before injuries and inconsistency took over.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022
• For instance, the image shows an inconsistency in the alignment of Princess Charlotte’s left hand.
  — Jill Lawless, Twin Cities, 11 Mar. 2024
• The crucial element was, again, randomness — the verifier’s choice of snippets would have to be unpredictable, to ensure that a dishonest prover couldn’t hide inconsistencies anywhere.
  — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
• During interviews with the 30-year-old man, however, investigators began to notice inconsistencies in his story.
  — Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024