self-contradictory

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"If North Korea ever invades the South again, it will be self-contradictory, where a U.N. member state would be attacking the U.N. Command," Shin told the meeting.

From Reuters • Nov. 14, 2023

The lies are so silly and often so self-contradictory — and the people disseminating so obviously evil — that these texts just feel like confirming what we already knew.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2022

Never one for strict coherence, Mr. Jones seems to be reaching for new levels of incoherence, Mr. Friesen added, “so reactive, so self-contradictory, day to day.”

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2021

That may explain why so many of the best-loved guides feel self-contradictory.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2021

Zero and infinity made the simple acts of taking tangents and finding areas appear to be self-contradictory.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife