contradictory evidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcontradictoryandevidence
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contradictory
adjective
uk/ˌkɒn.trəˈdɪk.tər.i/us/ˌkɑːn.trəˈdɪk.tɚ.i/
If two or more facts, pieces of advice, etc. are contradictory, they are very different from ...
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evidence
noun[U]
uk/ˈev.ɪ.dəns/us/ˈev.ə.dəns/
one or more reasons for believing that something is or is ...
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The views of certain prominent scholars remain dominant and authoritative even when confronted withcontradictoryevidence.
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But they are too willing to conclude, despitecontradictoryevidence, that free market environmentalism is always the right approach, as shown by their pollution chapter.
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How may this seeminglycontradictoryevidencebe reconciled?
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However, there iscontradictoryevidenceas to the operationalisation of these directives.
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Regarding socio-demographic factors, there iscontradictoryevidenceconcerning their influence on life satisfaction.
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Subjective as the comments of members of the party may be, there is nocontradictoryevidence.
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Despite thiscontradictoryevidence, the authors concluded in favor of unconsciousness, relying on statistical nonsignificance.
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Though unsatisfactory, this is perhaps understandable given the imperfect and oftencontradictoryevidenceavailable.
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Associative learning and memory are nothing other than the by-products of attentional processing (see sect. 8.1 for a reappraisal of somecontradictoryevidence).
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Hence, it seems possible to reconcile thecontradictoryevidenceon the impact of pyrethroids.
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In the literaturecontradictoryevidencehas been found regarding the erosion issue.
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There wascontradictoryevidenceregarding gait, activities of daily living, balance and endurance.
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Unfortunately, research often cited ascontradictoryevidenceis difficult to compare with other studies in the field because of methodological differences.
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However, there is alsocontradictoryevidence.
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Our need to comprehend both the cultural and structural forms of power and conflict directs attention to apparentlycontradictoryevidenceabout human motivations, aspirations and loyalty.
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The directlycontradictoryevidenceof the facts makes no difference at all to the outlook of those doctrinaire politicians.
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Two police constables gave absolutelycontradictoryevidence; there were five points on which there was difference between the two men.
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I say this to draw attention to thecontradictoryevidencethat we get at various times about the likelihood of the trend in export trade.
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Experiments in other countries have providedcontradictoryevidenceabout the effect on road safety.
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The report used as his main piece of evidence containscontradictoryevidence.
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