inconsistent

むらのある、安定しない

質や行動が安定せず、当てにできない。

やさしい英語で： Changing in quality or behavior, so people cannot depend on it.

• The service here is inconsistent.
• His inconsistent performances cost him a place on the team.
• Why has the quality been so inconsistent lately?

類義語： unreliable, uneven, erratic

反対語： consistent

よく使う表現： inconsistent results, inconsistent performance, inconsistent service

矛盾する、一致しない

ほかの事実や発言、規則と食い違っている。

やさしい英語で： Not agreeing with another fact, statement, or rule.

• Her story is inconsistent with the evidence.
• These figures are inconsistent with last year's report.
• The new rules seem inconsistent with our policy.

使い方： inconsistent with something (His explanation was inconsistent with the facts.)

類義語： incompatible, conflicting

反対語： consistent

よく使う表現： inconsistent with something, inconsistent accounts

自己矛盾した、一貫性のない

含まれる内容や発言が食い違い、すべてが同時に正しくはあり得ない。

やさしい英語で： Containing parts or statements that cannot all be true together.

• His account was internally inconsistent.
• The argument is inconsistent and difficult to follow.
• She gave an inconsistent story about when she arrived.

類義語： self-contradictory, contradictory

反対語： consistent

よく使う表現： inconsistent story, inconsistent argument, internally inconsistent