inconsequence

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noun

The state or quality of being inconsequent.

Opposite
Scrabble 26

Meanings

nouninconsequence (countable and uncountable, plural inconsequences)

plural inconsequences

  1. countableuncountableThe state or quality of being inconsequent.

    Quit pondering the inconsequence of being in a universe governed by chaos and just play some football.

    2008, The Onion, 0:50 from the start, in Pre-Game Coin Toss Makes Jaguars Realize Randomness Of Life, spoken by Reggie Greengrass (Beau Baxtor)
    1 more example

    There, through the door and out of her life, it all went—the Lieutenant, his Laundry, his inconsequence, his habit of drinking too much, his failings, his niceness, his kissings in the dark, her little “romance” and renewed interest in life because of him, all.

    2013, Patrick Hamilton, The Slaves of Solitude
  2. countableuncountableAn inconsequent thing.

    His voice was monotonous and jerky, but his sermons were sane, and after the bald inconsequences of Howley even eloquent.

    1966, Owen Chadwick, The Victorian Church, volume 1, page 452
    1 more example

    Only those who would view the Terror either as the last word on revolution or as an inconsequence, as more of the same, deny it any providentiality […]

    1999, Owen Bradley, A Modern Maistre: The Social and Political Thought of Joseph de Maistre, →ISBN, page 212

Synonyms & antonyms

nounhaving no important effects or influence

Opposite

nouninvalid or incorrect reasoning

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishconsequence
  8. Englishinconsequence

From in- + consequence.

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Translations

Bulgarian непоследователност
  • непоследователност (neposledovatelnost)state or quality of being inconsequent
Māori hanganoatanga
  • hanganoatangastate or quality of being inconsequent
Polish niekonsekwencja
  • niekonsekwencjastate or quality of being inconsequent

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Cite this entry
APA

inconsequence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconsequence

MLA

“inconsequence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconsequence. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inconsequence,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconsequence.

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