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noun
The state or quality of being inconsequent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
An inconsequent thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
invalid or incorrect reasoning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: illogicality, illogicalness, illogic
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: invalidity, invalidness
noun
having no important effects or influence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: consequence
Broader terms: insignificance
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English consequence English inconsequence From in- + consequence.
Across languages
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