self-contradictory

Example Sentences

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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

These policies raise important questions about social media companies’ often self-contradictory application of their content moderation policies.

From Slate • Sep. 14, 2021

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

I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison