Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconsequent
Adjective
  • The words were harsh but the logic was not unreasonable.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • This would not be an unreasonable proposition, considering the U.S. already pledged a security guarantee to Ukraine upon its return of all nuclear warheads to Russia by 1996, based on the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances.
    Seung-Whan Choi, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But there is plenty of institutional trading interest in digital assets, perhaps in part because for many hedge funds volatility equates to profit making opportunities, even if the trading is irrational.
    Javier Paz, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Amsterdam set up a hotline last month to report concerns about irrational behavior.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, an early Jewish polemic claimed that Jesus was the illegitimate son of a Roman soldier nicknamed Panther—perhaps employing a tasteless but pointed pun on the Greek word parthenos (virgin).
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Ukraine and its Western allies have condemned those referendums, held in 2022, as illegitimate.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Inconsequent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconsequent. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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