inconsequence
See also: inconséquence
English
editEtymology
editFrom in- + consequence.
Noun
editinconsequence (countable and uncountable, plural inconsequences)
- The state or quality of being inconsequent.
- 2013, Patrick Hamilton, The Slaves of Solitude[2]:
- 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.
- An inconsequent thing.
- 1966, Owen Chadwick, The Victorian Church, volume 1, page 452:
- His voice was monotonous and jerky, but his sermons were sane, and after the bald inconsequences of Howley even eloquent.
Translations
editstate or quality of being inconsequent
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References
edit- “inconsequence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.