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Discover LudwigThe word "inconstant" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to describe something or someone that is not consistent or stable, often in terms of behavior or nature. Example: "Her inconstant moods made it difficult for her friends to know how to approach her." Alternatives include "unreliable" or "fickle."
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inconstant
adjective
Not constant; wavering.
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It speaks for those who have never left, as well as those who have abandoned, limestone country: "If it form the one landscape that we, the inconstant ones,/ Are constantly homesick for, this is chiefly/ Because it dissolves in water".
(Mr Kuchma was an inconstant ally for instance, he sent Ukrainian troops to support America's war in Iraq).
Whereas Mr Putin has stood firmly by Mr Assad, even while 100,000 people have perished, the West has proved an inconstant friend to the opposition.
In recent years they have embraced it with varying degrees of enthusiasm, but suspicion of inconstant foreigners remains.Are multinational corporations really any more fickle than purely local employers?
These are not the concerns of a small or inconstant mind.
America's behaviour abroad is variously said by critics to be innocent, inconstant or unwise; its policymakers are isolationist, unilateralist or interventionist; its voters are ignorant, detached or short-sighted.
She was backed by both the pro-government alliance and the opposition alliance.If Mr Aquino's fellow-politicians appear inconstant, so do Filipino voters.
Jamuka, inconstant as ever, deserted the Naiman khan at the last moment.
Between 1702 and 1704 he wrote The Inconstant (adapted from John Fletcher's Wild-Goose Chase), The Twin-Rivals, and The Stage-Coach, a farce translated from French.
His inconstant lady, Dorothea Myer-Bennett, stalks about like a bejewelled heron, garnering more sympathy than Célimène's bitchy narcissist usually merits.
The composition of different specimens of coca leaves is very inconstant.
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