Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The condition or quality of being inconsequent; want of proper or logical sequence; inconclusiveness.
  • noun That which is inconsequent; something that does not properly follow; an unrelated or misplaced sequence.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being inconsequent; lack of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The state or quality of being inconsequent.
  • noun Lacking just or logical inference or argument

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun having no important effects or influence
  • noun invalid or incorrect reasoning

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Examples

  • But his friend, who was used to this kind of inconsequence in him, kept the thread.

    The Ambassadors 2003

  • After noting the odd inconsequence of J. Sutter, the young, black, journalist-for-hire protagonist of John Henry Days — inconsequence, that is, compared to the folk hero of the title, and “the prophetic thunders and righteous wrath of Frederick Douglass and W.E. B.

    The Hamptons Renaissance 2009

  • But his friend, who was used to this kind of inconsequence in him, kept the thread.

    The Ambassadors Henry James 1879

  • "The Misfits" 1961, wild horses being rounded up and wild emotions unleashed in Nevada is, despite the star power of Monroe, Gable and Montgomery Clift, a frenzy of inconsequence.

    The Man Who Would Be King Richard Schickel 2011

  • Ghosts of these final performances at the Armory, so pristine, alert and full of fine detail, will rise up and doom halfhearted efforts to inconsequence, a fate worse than death.

    Will Cunningham's Works Survive? Robert Greskovic 2012

  • But similarly, the matter of the liturgy itself, including its forms, as the Holy Father would continue to remind, is likewise no matter of inconsequence, and in point of fact, is also of significance and importance.

    Benedict on the Liturgy: "The Faith is not only thought" 2009

  • Jules et Jim is an epic of inconsequence, the historical sweep of the first world war and the rise of nazism reduced to interruptions to the enigmatic potentialities of private life.

    Truffaut: growing backwards into childhood 2011

  • Crispin Glover is thoroughly smothered by CGI as the Knave of Hearts to the point of inconsequence.

    Ray Doesn’t Fall Down The Rabbit Hole For ALICE IN WONDERLAND | Obsessed With Film 2010

  • Pushing our body's happy buttons with a cool swim on a hot day, or a fermented drink containing ethanol, or even just some good old-fashioned genital manipulation can elicit the sort of enjoyment that transcends angst and that does not need to be reconciled against the overbearing reality of our inconsequence.

    Manufacturers to Riders: Go Sponsor Yourself BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • Pushing our body's happy buttons with a cool swim on a hot day, or a fermented drink containing ethanol, or even just some good old-fashioned genital manipulation can elicit the sort of enjoyment that transcends angst and that does not need to be reconciled against the overbearing reality of our inconsequence.

    Archive 2010-06-01 BikeSnobNYC 2010

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