inconstant
adjective
not constant; changeable; fickle; variable.
inconstancy
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a word derived from
inconstant.
Example Sentences
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Others see it as the derangements of a trapped and helpless man, one with a longstanding reputation for impatience and inconstancy, a leader incapable of making up his mind whether to move forward or back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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
The words must have elicited from Poillon a knowing, if wry, smile; in the midst of his travails, Lawrence was looking ahead to the time when the cyclotron’s inconstancy would be merely a quaint memory.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
