inconsequent

American  

[in-kon-si-kwent, -kwuhnt] / ɪnˈkɒn sɪˌkwɛnt, -kwənt /

adjective

1. characterized by lack of proper sequence in thought, speech, or action.

2. characterized by lack of logical sequence; illogical; inconsecutive.

   inconsequent reasoning.

3. irrelevant.

   an inconsequent remark.

4. not following from the premises.

   an inconsequent deduction.

5. not in keeping with the general character or design; inconsistent.

   inconsequent ornamentation.

6. without worth or consequence; trivial.

   a frivolous, inconsequent young man.

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Other Word Forms

• inconsequence noun
• inconsequently adverb
• inconsequentness noun

Etymology

Origin of inconsequent

1570–80; < Late Latin inconsequent- (stem of inconsequēns ) not following. See in- ³, consequent

Example Sentences

To what inconsequent polysyllabic question of its readers did Slate Dot Com return a monosyllabic negative answer?

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2018

Here, you could argue, is the very justification of the novel itself – the education of our imaginations not by precept but through the inconsequent palpability of art, what Henry James called its "irresponsible plasticity".

From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2010

Said Francis Bacon: "Men rest not in false apprehensions without absurd and inconsequent deductions."

From Time Magazine Archive

So enormous are the powdered peaks of the Alps, so wild and casual the winds that sweep between them that the actions of people must seem in comparison fragile and inconsequent, even unreal.

From Time Magazine Archive

A butterfly sped past us on the terrace, silly and inconsequent.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier