"inconsistent purposes" is a grammatically correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe when there are conflicting or contradictory intentions or goals. Example: The company's decision to expand its product line and reduce costs at the same time seemed to serve inconsistent purposes.
The Parties undertake, as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, to settle any international disputes in which they may be involved by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not endangered, and to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.
Michael Meyers, the executive director of the New York Civil Rights Coalition, described the proposed school as "inconsistent with the purposes of public schooling".
[The] taxpayer's complaint can consist only of an allegation that public funds have been, or shortly will be, expended for purposes inconsistent with the Constitution.
shall apply to seizures and forfeitures incurred, or alleged to have been incurred, under the provisions of this chapter, unless such provisions are inconsistent with the purposes, policy, and provisions of this chapter.
A right-of-way through a Federal reservation shall not be granted if the Secretary or agency head determines that it would be inconsistent with the purposes of the reservation.
The UN Charter prohibits the threat or the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of states or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the Charter; these proscriptions also are part of customary international law.
He is confined in two ways: First, Mueller must abide by all Justice Department "rules, regulations, procedures, practices and policies" — as distinct from Starr, who could deviate from such policies where they were "inconsistent with the purposes" of the independent counsel statute.
Any disclosure of relevant and material information in Commission adjudicative proceedings or in judicial proceedings to which the Commission is a party shall be governed by the rules of the Commission for adjudicative proceedings or by court rules or orders, except that the rules of the Commission shall not be amended in a manner inconsistent with the purposes of this section.
The court also noted that, under applicable law, a plaintiff may defeat the enforcement of a forum selection bylaw by showing that as-applied the enforcement of the bylaw would be unreasonable or that the bylaw should not be enforced because the bylaw is being use for improper purposes inconsistent with the directors' fiduciary duties.
Funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner and to the same extent as if such funds were apportioned under section 104(b), except that the Secretary is authorized to waive provisions he deems inconsistent with the purposes of this section.
