inconsequent

inconsequent
adj
1. fragmentary, in bits and pieces, discontinuous, out of sequence; disconnected, detached, apart.
2. inconsistent, not following, incongruous, inconsonant, incompatible, inconformable; illogical, unreasonable, reasonless, contrary to reason.
3. irrelevant, inapplicable, inapposite, inapt, impertinent, immaterial, neither here nor there; beside the point, beside the mark, beside the question, off the subject, off base or way off base, adrift, Sl. at sea, Sl. in left field; not at issue, nothing to do with the case.
4. inappropriate, unsuitable, unfit, unfitting, improper, unseemly, unbecoming, out of keeping, out of line, out of step.
5. inconsequential, trivial, Sl. small-time. See inconsequential(def.1).

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