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contradictory

[kon-truh-dik-tuh-ree] / ˌkɒn trəˈdɪk tə ri /


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On the ground in Bosnia, we were handicapped daily by extremely contradictory and restrictive orders written back in the U.N.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many northern Catholics say they would prefer to stick with the sometimes contradictory status quo.

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That story and all the thematic clones emerging in its wake center contradictory thought as heroic and easily imperiled because it muddies a convenient, consolidated prescription of how the world should work.

From Salon

The Cambodian government has had at times contradictory responses to accusations that their country is becoming a base for transnational cyberscams and human trafficking.

From The Wall Street Journal

This, of course, is contradictory to the notion that Japan will have difficulty financing its own debt.

From The Wall Street Journal