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Definition of conflicting adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

conflicting

adjective
 
/kənˈflɪktɪŋ/
 
/kənˈflɪktɪŋ/
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  1. (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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