inconstant

[in-kon-stuhnt]

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adjective

not constant; changeable; fickle; variable: an inconstant friend.

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Origin of inconstant

1375–1425; late Middle English inconstaunt < Latin inconstant- (stem of inconstāns) changeable. See in-³, constant

SYNONYMS FOR inconstant

moody, capricious, vacillating, wavering; undependable, unstable, unsettled, uncertain; mutable, mercurial, volatile. See fickle.

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ANTONYMS FOR inconstant

steady.

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Related formsin·con·stan·cy, nounin·con·stant·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for inconstant

Bob Smith: unbalanced, inconstant, and even more of a carpetbagger than the other guy.
Sen. Bob Smith: The Thing That Wouldn’t Leave|Michelle Cottle|December 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But as in this life no state is permanent, so fortune was inconstant to me also.
Patraas|R. H. Busk
She had never, as I have said already, been inconstant to him by one thought.
Aurora Floyd, Vol. II (of 3)|M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
Without such barriers every individual is at the mercy of an inconstant majority.
Concerning Justice|Lucilius A. Emery

So inconstant, so wavering is she represented, that her most faithful votaries can place no reliance on her promises.
Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million|Sarah Josepha Hale
In Spain and Italy they avenge themselves, and do not pardon men who are inconstant until they too are false.
The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851|Various

British Dictionary definitions for inconstant

inconstant

adjective

not constant; variable

fickle

Derived Formsinconstancy, nouninconstantly, adverb

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Word Origin and History for inconstant

inconstant

adj.

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.

Medicine definitions for inconstant

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.