contradictory information
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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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information
noun[U]
uk/ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/
facts about a situation, person, ...
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(Definition ofcontradictoryandinformationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The seed bank type of 30 species can not be determined at present, owing to insufficient orcontradictoryinformation.
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The book could benefit from extensive editing, as there are a number of inaccurate translations and transliterations, as well ascontradictoryinformation.
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A knowledge base may become inconsistent by the presence ofcontradictoryinformation.
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Different understandings of "terminal" among the staff may result in ambiguous or evencontradictoryinformationto the patient and relatives.
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Whereas transition to another major context is a crisp decision, it can be made by accounting for the relative weight of potentiallycontradictoryinformation.
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Argumentation systems can be applied to any form of reasoning withcontradictoryinformation, whether the contradictions have to do with rules and exceptions or not.
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Firstly, argumentation systems can be applied to any form of reasoning withcontradictoryinformation, whether the contradictions have to do with rules and exceptions or not.
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Hence, when information is missing from an image, this is not necessarily regarded ascontradictoryinformation or information that the undetected thing does not exist in the world.
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When travelling from one station to another, one notices that the blackboards givecontradictoryinformation.
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The report covers almost everything and, in some places, containscontradictoryinformation.
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This is something else we have hadcontradictoryinformationabout.
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I also realise that he may havecontradictoryinformationon some of those points.
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Hansard archive
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Confusion was further caused by the fact that the aviation authorities and airlines issuedcontradictoryinformation.
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There iscontradictoryinformationabout what will happen in the meantime.
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We are constantly receivingcontradictoryinformationabout what exactly is going on.
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A criticism today is of the difficulty of finding out what is being taught in schools and there is a great deal ofcontradictoryinformation.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Today, we receivedcontradictoryinformation.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
In order to be able to act effectively and not to have to work only on rumours or on vague, incomplete or evencontradictoryinformation, the authorities must be informed.
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