unconsonantadj.
= inconsonant adj.
a. Const. to or with.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective]
discordablea1393
discordanta1393
discordinga1398
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inconvenient1398
unaccording1398
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dissonant1490
disaccordanta1513
disagreeing?1526
incongruent1531
wide1531
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dissonate1548
dissenting1550
dissident?c1550
unagreeable?1550
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incorrespondent1599
dissentious1605
untunable1605
incongruous1611
unagreeing1611
unanswerable1611
eccentric1612
unconcurrent1613
disconsonant1614
dissentaneous1623
dissorting1631
uncorrespondent1631
discorrespondent1635
incoincident1636
unconcurring1639
eccentrical1640
unatonable1645
incompliant1647
pluranimous1650
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inagreeable1657
inconsonant1658
disharmonious1659
inconcinn1660
discongruous1663
unharmonious1667
discoherent1675
uncongruous1709
inharmonious1749
immutual1768
unharmonized1803
unconsentaneous1818
inaccordant1822
uncorresponding1826
unharmonizing1851
non-concurring1866
discordful1867
disharmonic1887
non-concurrent1907
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 33 Vnconsonand is to the veritie To do to ws so greit inormitie.
a1600 R. Hooker Learned Serm. Pride in Wks. (1841) III. 629 If then it be a thing most unequal and unconsonant unto justice.
1657 R. Tomlinson To Rdr. in R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Dispensatory sig. c2 Which is not altogether unconsonant to reason.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. ii. 260 As his Supposition of these Semina, thus casually produc'd, seems unconsonant both to the Reason and Course of Nature.
1805 J. Foster Ess. iv. v. 183 A certain order of opinions unconsonant, or at least not identical, with the principles of that religion.
1843 in J. Hawthorne N. Hawthorne & Wife (1885) I. vi. 273 It was a magnificent comedy to watch him,..so unconsonant to what was about him.
b. Without const.
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1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. li. 107 It seemeth a thing vnconsonant that the world should honor any other as the Sauiour but him whome it honoreth as the creator of the world.
1658 T. Manton Pract. Comm. Jude in Wks. (1871) V. 167 To observe..whether we embrace it upon undue grounds, or match it with unconsonant practices.
1665 J. Sergeant Sure-footing in Christianity 241 If he does, he must hold it was Eternal; If not, how unconsonant is his parallel?
Derivatives
unˈconsonantly adv.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adverb]
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unaccordinglyc1449
discordantlyc1454
incongruly1483
incongruently1568
disagreeingly1591
unanswerable1614
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incongruously1641
unanswerably1656
disharmoniously1664
dissonantly1799
inaccordantly1822
inharmoniously1828
unharmoniously1856
unconsonantly1863
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters v. 128 He is gradually led on to act unconsonantly with his real nature.
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