inconsecutive

[ in-kuhn-sek-yuh-tiv ]

adjective

1. not consecutive.

inconsecutive

/ ˌɪnkənˈsɛkjʊtɪv /

adjective

1. not consecutive; not in sequence

Derived Forms

• ˌinconˈsecutively, adverb
• ˌinconˈsecutiveness, noun

Other Words From

• incon·secu·tive·ly adjective
• incon·secu·tive·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of inconsecutive¹

First recorded in 1830–40; in- ³ + consecutive

Example Sentences

It was the question of the wonder of the beauty, the purposeless, inconsecutive beauty, that falls so strangely among the happenings and memories of life.

From Project Gutenberg

Inconsecutive, in-kon-sek′ū-tiv, adj. not succeeding in regular order.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

Through dinner she had entertained him with a mirthful, inconsecutive narrative of the adventures of the day.

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His way of explaining his speculations to his friend is quite unstudied and inconsecutive; he is, as he says, ‘continually running away from the subject,’ or shall we say letting the stream of his ideas branch out into side channels from which he finds it difficult to come back?

From Project Gutenberg

"All this," with its rich litter of stuffs and ornaments, its fine profusion, its delicacies of flower and food and furniture, its frequent inconsecutive pleasures, its noiseless, ready service, was remarkably novel and yet remarkably familiar to Trafford.

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