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inconsistently

ADVERB
unpredictably
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Founder Kale Li told AFP she first became interested in the industry after becoming tired of dealing with inconsistently priced and unreliable handymen in southwestern Chengdu, where she lives.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

Perryman said she thought the quarantine rules had “been inconsistently applied from the very beginning.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

The financing terms helped the development grow rapidly, albeit inconsistently, with neat modular homes, trailers and abandoned or vacant lots across more than 33,000 acres.

From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026

It also finds that the visiting rules were sometimes applied inconsistently, leaving many loved ones feeling that they had been unfairly treated when visits were refused.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026

The remaining four proposed factors—war, centralized government, climate, and resource abundance—appear to act inconsistently: sometimes they stimulate technology, sometimes they inhibit it.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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