Marshall is working with a trainer to prepare his dog for a show. With one particular command, Marshall notices the dog will sometimes obey and sometimes not. Which word below will help Marshall accurately describe the problem to the trainer?
A) Contradictory: a situation in which factors are opposites of each other
B) Disjointed: lacking an orderly sequence
C) Inconsistent: not steady or predictable
D) Random: without definite aim or direction

Inconsistent is the answer. Since the dog doesn't always obey, he sometimes does and sometimes doesn't, inconsistent is the right word. Showing that the dog's behavior is inconsistent.

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emilyadalex emilyadalex · Answer 2 · 2019-01-30T17:30:15+01:00

C) Inconsistent: not steady or predictable

A situation or object that is inconsistent refers to something that lacks consistency, that doesn't stay the same in behavior or quality, that is to say, is not steady, such as the behavior of the dog, and therefore is not predictable, which means that Marshal can't know whether the dog will respond to a command or not.

Marshall can accurately describe the situation to the trainer by saying that his dog's behavior is inconsistent as for it sometimes responds right to a particular command but other times it does not.