The phrase "inconsistent patterns" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to refer to a lack of consistency in a situation, such as "The results of the experiment showed inconsistent patterns."
Patients reporting inconsistent patterns across related items may not reflect instrument problems, but inconsistency in their experience of separate and distinct aspects of care.
The results of separate studies have revealed inconsistent patterns of trajectory deviations.
The rest of the species showed inconsistent patterns with high level of variability between 2007, 2011 and 2013.
Traditional pen-and-paper bladder diaries have poor completion rates, inconsistent patterns in data entry, and are deficient in validation.
However, a higher intentional reasoning demand is associated with less lexical diversity and inconsistent patterns of fluency.
The sport itself is also in trouble, because we looked at the arbitrary and inconsistent patterns of judges and wondered if there were not politics of some sort or another.
Her detection of some inconsistent patterns in the seismic waves thrown off by earthquakes on the other side of the globe transformed our understanding of Earth: it was Lehmann that discovered its inner core.
The total number of individuals and diversity were significantly different between fragmented and continuous seagrass habitat in both inlets, but diversity values showed inconsistent patterns between inlets.
The other members of the same families (such as SOX9, FOXA1, and HNF1A) are not likely to be the key regulators because of the inconsistent patterns of CA and GE.
When upper and lower formants are inconsistent in frequency, listeners were unable to judge voice category, but they could use the inconsistent patterns to form perceptions about degree of jaw opening.
