Meaning | likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable. |
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Examples | - "inconstant affections"
- "an inconstant lover"
- "swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare
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Attribute of | constancy, stability | The quality of being enduring and free from change or variation |
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Narrower | false, untrue | (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection |
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fickle, volatile | marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments |
mutable | Prone to frequent change |
See also | changeable, changeful | Such that alteration is possible |
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unfaithful | not true to duty or obligation or promises |
unstable | lacking stability or fixity / fixity or firmness |
variable | liable to or capable of change |
volatile | Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures |
Opposite | constant | steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection |
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Spanish | inconstante |
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Catalan | inconstant |
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Nouns | inconstancy | the quality of being changeable and variable |
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inconstancy | unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous |