contradictory

/kˌɒntɹədˈɪktəɹˌi/

/ˌkɑntɹəˈdɪktɝi/

contradictory

expressing or involving statements or ideas that are inconsistent or in conflict with each other

unable for both to exist or be true at the same time

(of statements, beliefs, facts, etc.) lacking agreement between each other

synonyms : at odds(p)

that confounds or contradicts or confuses

Contradictory

two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time

Examples

1. These arguments provide the foundation for Simmel's account of the contradictory nature of modern life.

2. The contradictory emails I've gotten from that company lead me to believe that the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.

3. Accounts of his life and of the time of the fire are highly contradictory.

4. Sources are very contradictory.