as in opposite
being as different as possible
contradictory predictions regarding stock prices that were of no help to investors at all
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Recent Examples of contradictory
Some educators share this concern, though the research so far is limited and contradictory.
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Lee V. Gaines, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
The language marks power structures, laying bare the capacity of human beings, both leaders and poets, for contradictory behaviors and motives.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
There is, of course, the guidance of our pediatricians, but on top of that, parents must also contend with the contradictory advice on social media, as well as the unsolicited advice from pushy relatives and even well-meaning strangers.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 10 Dec. 2025
Moses’ Ten Commandments have become Ten Billion Commandments, many of them contradictory.
—Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contradictory
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Robots—and the people who build them—have the opposite problem.—
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Today, however, the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction.—
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Supernatural beliefs, conspiracy theories and pseudoscience have struck researchers as totally impervious to contrary evidence.—
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In India, over 2,000 years ago, Lyra was seen as a heavenly vulture, as contrary as that sounds.—
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“Contradictory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contradictory. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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