inconstant
[ in-kon-stuhnt ]
/ ɪnˈkɒn stənt /
adjective
not constant; changeable; fickle; variable: an inconstant friend.
RELATED WORDS
capricious, erratic, fickle, flickering, impulsive, inconsistent, intermittent, irregular, irresolute, mercurial, uncertain, undependable, unreliable, unsettled, unstable, vacillating, variable, varying, volatile, wavering
Nearby words
- inconsolable,
- inconsonant,
- inconspicuous,
- inconstance,
- inconstancy,
- inconsumable,
- incontestability clause,
- incontestable,
- incontinence,
- incontinency
Origin of inconstant
SYNONYMS FOR inconstant
moody, capricious, vacillating, wavering; undependable, unstable, unsettled, uncertain; mutable, mercurial, volatile. See fickle.
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inconstant
/ (ɪnˈkɒnstənt) /
adjective
not constant; variable
fickle
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inconstant
c.1400, "fickle, not steadfast," from Middle French inconstant (late 14c.), from Latin inconstantem (nominative inconstans) "changeable, fickle, capricious," from in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + constantem (see constant). Related: Inconstantly.
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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.
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