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INCONSISTING a.

Inconsistent. [Obs.]

INCONSOLABLE a.

Not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort; disconsolate. Dryden. With inconsolable distress she griev'd, And from her cheek the rose of beauty fied. Falconer. -- In`con*sol"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`con*sol"a*bly, adv.

INCONSONANCE; INCONSONANCY n.

Want of consonance or harmony of sound, action, or thought; disagreement.

Not consonant or agreeing; inconsistent; discordant. -- In*con"so*nant*ly, adv.

INCONSPICUOUS a.

Not conspicuous or noticeable; hardly discernible. -- In`con*spic"u*ous*ly, adv. -- In`con*spic"u*ous*ness, n. Boyle.

Inconstancy. Chaucer.

The quality or state of being inconstant; want of constancy; mutability; fickleness; variableness. For unto knight there was no greater shame, Than lightness and inconstancie in love. Spenser.

Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; -- said of persons or things; as, inconstant in love or friendship. "The inconstant moon." Shak. While we, inquiring phantoms of a day, Inconstant as…

INCONSTANTLY adv.

In an inconstant manner.

INCONSUMABLE a.

Not consumable; incapable of being consumed, wasted, or spent. Paley. -- In`con*sum"a*bly, adv.

INCONSUMMATE a.

Not consummated; not finished; incomplete. Sir M. Hale. -- In`con*sum"mate*ness, n.

INCONSUMPTIBLE a.

Inconsumable. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.

INCONTAMINATE a.

Not contaminated; pure. Moore. -- In`con*tam"i*nate*ness, n.

INCONTENTATION n.

Discontent. [Obs.] Goodwin.

INCONTESTABILITY n.

The quality or state of being incontestable.

INCONTESTABLE a.

Not contestable; not to be disputed; that cannot be called in question or controverted; incontrovertible; indisputable; as, incontestable evidence, truth, or facts. Locke.

Not contested. Addison.

INCONTIGUOUS a.

Not contiguous; not adjoining or in contact; separate. Boyle. -- In`con*tig"u*ous*ly, adv.

INCONTINENCE; INCONTINENCY n. 2 definitions

Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness. That Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. 1 Cor. vii. 5. From the rash hand of bold incontinence. Milton.…

INCONTINENT adv. 4 definitions

Incontinently; instantly immediately. [Obs.] He says he will return incontinent. Shak.