conflicting
adjective/kənˈflɪktɪŋ/
/kənˈflɪktɪŋ/
- (of two ideas, stories, feelings, etc.) unable to exist together or both be true synonym contradictory
- There were conflicting reports about the number of people injured.
- conflicting results/accounts/claims
- conflicting views/opinions/interests
Extra Examples- Different doctors gave him conflicting advice.
- There have been conflicting reports about the size of the explosion.
- how to reconcile apparently conflicting goals
- potentially conflicting values
- the conflicting demands of work and home life
- He was torn between conflicting loyalties to family and work.
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