inconstant

Fifine at the Fair is said to be "a defence of inconstancy, or of the right of experiment in love."
Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher|Henry Jones
And come back afterwards, with confidence in a welcome, to the victim of his inconstancy?
The Wings of the Dove, Volume II|Henry James
But such ingratitude and inconstancy are too natural in man for us to be surprised at finding them in a mere boy.
The Bashful Lover (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XIX)|Charles Paul de Kock
Oh, if the dead can suffer, let him live, that she may feel beyond the grave his inconstancy and his fall.
Lucretia, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The sense of falseness in present pleasures, and our ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, are the causes of inconstancy.
The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal|Blaise Pascal

British Dictionary definitions for inconstancy

inconstant

/ (ɪnˈkɒnstənt) /

adjective

not constant; variable

fickle

Derived forms of inconstant

inconstancy, nouninconstantly, adverb

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Medical definitions for inconstancy

inconstant

[ ĭn-kŏn′stənt ]

adj.

Changing or varying, especially often and without discernible pattern or reason.

Relating to a structure that normally may or may not be present.

inconstant

adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for inconstancy

adjective

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Medical definitions for inconstancy

adj.