in|con|se|quence

in|con|se|quence
in|con|se|quence «ihn KON suh kwehns, -kwuhns», noun.
1. lack of logic or logical sequence; being inconsequent; inconclusiveness; irrelevance: »

That mingling of inconsequence which belongs to us all, and not unhappily (George Eliot).

2. something that is inconsequent.

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