inconstant
adjective
not constant; changeable; fickle; variable.
inconstancy
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a word derived from
inconstant.
Example Sentences
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“Then watch bewildered as the waves of our inconstancy lap them away, along with the footprints of the builder.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
It is, in some sense, that inconstancy that has gotten Mr. Lee in trouble: his willingness to challenge the powers in his own party, then tack back when his base demands it.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
They are the Americans who work in our military, a call to service that doesn’t indulge inconstancy or caprice.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 11, 2020
Yet the movie’s biggest drawback is its tonal inconstancy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2018
For Darwin’s theory to work, heredity had to possess constancy and inconstancy, stability and mutation.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
