inconsistently

adverb

as in sometimes

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Recent Examples of inconsistently Yet despite the mounting evidence, pregnant women are still only inconsistently recognized as a clinically vulnerable group across public health guidance and government frameworks. — Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Attorneys for the players said Thursday that the Cobb County court found the plaintiffs are likely to succeed on claims that the NCAA applied its eligibility rules arbitrarily and inconsistently. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026 Mynatt says that tamping too lightly, unevenly, or inconsistently leads to uneven water flow (called channeling). — Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2026 After a 2022 audit revealed individual CSU campuses were handling artifact repatriation inconsistently, the CSU Office of Tribal Relations was created to oversee NAGPRA compliance across the system. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026 Transparency advocates, and even the Pentagon’s own internal watchdog, have described the term CUI as inconsistently applied and overused. — ABC News, 23 July 2026 And without oversight, some health insurance plans have been calculating copayments inconsistently and without transparency. — Camille A. Clare, STAT, 23 July 2026 Tomatoes split when they’re watered inconsistently, especially with cycles of drought followed by heavy watering. — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 18 July 2026 Although some may disagree, or favor a one-time transfer rule, the main issue with the UIL rules is not how they are written but how inconsistently they are enforced. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconsistently
  1. sometimes
  2. infrequently
  3. rarely
  4. seldom
  5. irregularly
Adverb
  • Shooting in a widescreen format that gives ironic grandeur to a squat, featureless town in the Texas Panhandle, DP Peter Flinckenberg is attentive to the piercing, sometimes radiant winter light of the region in the harshest months of the year.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Still, traces of background radioactivity sometimes break the subterranean silence, with that activity piercing through LZ’s mile of protective bedrock or even seeping out of the materials lining the detector’s walls.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of sometimes
Adverb
  • During the appointment process, activists hammered Barclay for riding the CTA infrequently.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Michael Jordan’s infrequently seen Air Jordan 17 will reportedly continue its reemergence in 2027 with the release of a brand-new colorway.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of infrequently
Adverb
  • That gives Mobu a sense of scale and openness rarely found within a superyacht of this size, the studio says.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Most people carry extraordinary stories worth telling, and raw imagination is rarely the limiting factor.
    — Coco Mao, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of rarely
Adverb
  • However, he was seldom used at Georgia Tech in 2025, totaling only eight catches for 150 yards.
    — Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Older women have seldom been included in randomized trials that evaluate the benefits of mammography screening on morbidity and mortality.
    — Kim Johnson, STAT, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of seldom
Adverb
  • Why AFib can be difficult to catch AFib causes the heart's upper chambers to beat irregularly.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Someone who gets hives or has gastrointestinal distress irregularly might not identify their dinner as the trigger of the symptoms, or might assume food poisoning.
    — Eva Flowe May 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
Definition of irregularly

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“Inconsistently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconsistently. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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