inconsequent

[ in-kon-si-kwent, -kwuh nt ]

/ ɪnˈkɒn sɪˌkwɛnt, -kwənt /

characterized by lack of proper sequence in thought, speech, or action.

characterized by lack of logical sequence; illogical; inconsecutive: inconsequent reasoning.

irrelevant: an inconsequent remark.

not following from the premises: an inconsequent deduction.

not in keeping with the general character or design; inconsistent: inconsequent ornamentation.

without worth or consequence; trivial: a frivolous, inconsequent young man.

Origin of inconsequent

1570–80; < Late Latin inconsequent- (stem of inconsequēns) not following. See in-³, consequent

in·con·se·quence, in·con·se·quent·ness, noun in·con·se·quent·ly, adverb

Mrs Asplin had a book in her hand, in which from time to time she jotted down notes of a curious and inconsequent character.

About Peggy Saville |Mrs. G. de Horne Vaizey
He was no longer the light-hearted, inconsequent youth she had known on board the ship.

Nedra |George Barr McCutcheon
Presently she cut short his flow of inconsequent talk by remarking that her time was short, and inquiring if Miss Churton were in.

Fan |W.H. Hudson (AKA Henry Harford)
What an inconsequent piece of work is man, if the few years of earth are his all!

The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon |Alexander Maclaren

And so she wears no stockings—and so shes called the Wrecker, his sister added, with inconsequent effect.

Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 3, October, 1905 |Various