discrepant

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To help him analyze the precious score’s two discrepant versions, Bern enlists the wisecracking, decoding mastermind Eboni Washington, who digitizes and cross-analyzes all the musical data.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

And then, even more serious, is that the result is not only discrepant with theoretical calculations but also with previous experimental measurements.

From Scientific American • May 11, 2022

The lab’s accreditation agency and the Forensic Investigation Council, an independent agency that oversees Washington’s forensic lab operations and policies, also have been kept apprised of discrepant results, Loftis added.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2021

And if there’s anything I know about public health, it’s that discrepant and vague advice isn’t a terribly helpful way to go.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2016

In that case they would certainly have obtained widely discrepant results, rough as their means and methods must unquestionably have been, compared with modern instruments and methods.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 by Various