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CONFLICTING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In disagreement
Example:
contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness
Synonyms:
at odds; conflicting; contradictory; self-contradictory
Classified under:
Similar:
inconsistent (displaying a lack of consistency)
Sense 2
Meaning:
On bad terms
Example:
conflicting opinions
Classified under:
Similar:
opposed (being in opposition or having an opponent)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb conflict
Context examples:
However, the long-term impact of carbohydrate restriction on mortality is controversial with prospective research so far producing conflicting results.
(Moderate Carbohydrate Intake May be Best for Health, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
For years, astronomers have puzzled over a massive star lodged deep in the Milky Way that shows conflicting signs of being extremely old and extremely young.
(NASA Team Probes Peculiar Age-Defying Star, NASA)
Having settled the difficulty of the conflicting doors, he had to steer sharply to the right to avoid the kitchen.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The conflicting interests of these touting gentlemen being of a nature to irritate their feelings, personal collisions took place; and the Commons was even scandalized by our principal inveigler (who had formerly been in the wine trade, and afterwards in the sworn brokery line) walking about for some days with a black eye.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
