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in·con·stant

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–adjective

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

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME inconstaunt < L inconstant- (s. of inconstāns) changeable. See in-³, constant

]

—Related forms

in·con·stan·cy, noun

in·con·stant·ly, adverb

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

—Antonyms steady.

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in·con·stant Audio Help (ĭn-kŏn'stənt) Pronunciation Key
adj.

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

in·con'stant·ly adv.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
inconstant

1402, "fickle, not steadfast," from M.Fr. inconstant, from L. inconstantem, from in- "not" + constantem (see constant).

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inconstant
adjective
likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable; "inconstant affections"; "an inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare [ant: constant]

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inconstant [inˈkonstənt] adjective

(of people) having feelings, intentions etc which change frequently

Arabic:	غَيْر ثابِت، مُتَقَلِّب
Chinese (Simplified):	（人）反复无常的
Chinese (Traditional):	(人)反復無常的
Czech:	nestálý
Danish:	svingende
Dutch:	wisselvallig
Estonian:	püsimatu
Finnish:	häilyvä
French:	inconstant
German:	unbeständig
Greek:	ασταθής, άστατος
Hungarian:	állhatatlan
Icelandic:	óstöðugur, breytilegur
Indonesian:	mudah berubah
Italian:	incostante

Japanese:	変わりやすい
Korean:	변덕스러운
Latvian:	nepastāvīgs; mainīgs
Lithuanian:	nepastovus
Norwegian:	ustadig, labil, vankelmodig
Polish:	niestały
Portuguese (Brazil):	inconstante
Portuguese (Portugal):	inconstante
Romanian:	inconstant
Russian:	изменчивый
Slovak:	nestály
Slovenian:	nestalen
Spanish:	inconstante, voluble
Swedish:	vankelmodig, ombytlig
Turkish:	kararsız

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Inconstant

In*con"stant\, a. [L. inconstans: cf. F. inconstant. See In- not, and Constant.] Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; -- said of persons or things; as, inconstant in love or friendship. "The inconstant moon." --Shak.

While we, inquiring phantoms of a day, Inconstant as the shadows we survey! --Boyse.

Syn: Mutable; fickle; volatile; unsteady; unstable; changeable; variable; wavering; fluctuating.

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