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inconsequent, a. (n.)|ɪnˈkɒnsɪkwənt|
[ad. L. inconsequent-em without due sequence or connexion, f. in- (in-3) + consequent-em consequent.]
1. Not following as an inference or logical conclusion; falsely or erroneously inferred; illogical.
1627Hakewill Apol. (J.), The ground he assumes is unsound, and his illation from thence deduced inconsequent. 1644Digby Two Treat. ii. (1645) 109 Inconsequent to the whole body of reason. a1688Cudworth Immut. Mor. (1731) 65 Not only ridiculously absurd and contradictious in themselves, but also altogether inconsequent from the same.
b. Not following naturally in the order of events; having no rational connexion with preceding or accompanying circumstances; irrelevant.
1881H. James Portr. Lady xxxix, She was checked..on her progress to the door, by an inconsequent request from Isabel. 1893W. H. Hudson Patagonia 143 Who that has noticed monkeys in captivity—their profound inconsequent gravity and insane delight in their own unreasonableness.
c. transf. Of things: That do not follow on, or carry out the purpose or design of something else.
1866Howells Venet. Life ii. 24 The narrowest, crookedest, and most inconsequent little streets in the world. 1898Westm. Gaz. 24 Nov. 3/2 Inconsequent trimmings, that have no raison d'être, are well known to be the crime of the third-rate dressmaker.
2. Wanting in logical sequence of thought or reasoning; involving erroneous inference.
1579Fulke Heskins' Parl. 430 Who euer heard a more shamelesse lye, or a more inconsequent argument? 1663J. Spencer Prodigies (1665) 120 A most inconsequent and presumptuous reasoning. 1794J. Hutton Philos. Light etc. 2, I wish to show the erroneous, or inconsequent way of reasoning, which has prevailed in physical investigation. 1877E. R. Conder Bas. Faith i. 24 Confused thought and inconsequent reasoning.
b. Wanting in sequence or connexion of ideas or subjects; characterized by irrelevance; disconnected, inconsecutive.
1869Miss Mulock Woman's Kingd. II. 15 She..began talking in her smoothly flowing, inconsequent way. 1891M. M. Dowie Girl in Karp. 204 The trumpeters..blew long notes of inconsequent music.
3. transf. Of a person: Characterized by inconsequence in thought, speech, or action.
1794Sullivan View Nat. V. 381 This to me, is the most clear; that the private Atheist is an inconsequent man, and an enemy to himself. 1813Shelley Notes Q. Mab Poet. Wks. (1891) 47/1 A Necessarian is inconsequent to his own principles if he indulges in hatred or contempt. 1863Trollope Rachel Ray I. 250 Mrs. Ray was herself so inconsequent in her mental workings, so shandy-pated, if I may say so, that it did not occur to her [etc.].
4. Of no consequence, unimportant, not worth notice. rare.
1768Sterne Sent. Journ. (1778) I. 202 (The Rose), I blush'd at many a word the first month—which I found inconsequent and perfectly innocent the second.
†B. n. A conclusion that does not follow from the premisses; an illogical inference; a non sequitur. Obs.
1643Prynne Sov. Power Parl. iii. 128, To which I answer that this is a meer inconsequent. |