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as in volatile
likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly
our windjammer sailed wherever the inconstant winds took us
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as in traitorous
not true in one's allegiance to someone or something
an inconstant but always entertaining friend
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Recent Examples of inconstant
If the United States is an unreliable partner and a source of chaos these countries will turn elsewhere, building new security and trade alliances that don’t depend on the inconstant, waning superpower.
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Lydia Polgreen, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
Much like a patient who fails to finish a course of antibiotics, inconstant policies may incur all the costs and none of the benefits.
—David Carlin, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Energy experts have been warning that electricity is likely to get more expensive and less reliable unless renewable power that waxes and wanes under inconstant sunlight and wind is backed up by generators that can run whenever needed.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 May 2024
The key finding is that as the distance grows greater, the coupling stops growing, and the inconstant constant becomes constant once more.
—Stanley J. Brodsky, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
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Key's Jerry is a disruption through and through, knocking everything just a little off-kilter with each volatile appearance.—
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Paul Weller is still a godlike figure, but the Jam themselves had a really distinct chemistry and sounded very volatile onstage and are among the great punk groups.—
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Russell fabricates a lie with the rest of the villains, and the heroes believe it, despite a warning from one traitorous tribemate.—
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That video drew the ire of President Donald Trump, who deemed it traitorous.—
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Austin immigration advocates have argued that similar changes in Austin, and a lack of clarification from the police department on its policy, sends a message that contact with officers — even as a victim or witness — carries unpredictable risks for immigrant families.—
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The occurrence of abdominal pain is often unpredictable and can change over time.—
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However, these boat routes can be limited, and buying tickets on-site has historically been unreliable due to shifting timetables.—
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Designed to be compact and portable, HyDee is targeted at outdoor, industrial, and emergency applications, including scenarios where access to the electrical grid is unreliable or nonexistent.—
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Rigorous, blustery winter; winding sleety spring; hot, moist enervating summer; changeful autumn with its dog-days; these are absolutely unknown.—
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Hers is the kind of face that inspires directors to tight framing — gleaming, as if smoothed from marble, and yet somehow pliant, changeful.—
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Plants that provide winter interest, including sedums, goldenrod, blue false indigo, and ornamental grasses.—
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Today’s teenagers can produce a TikTok video in minutes, but how many of them will learn to analyze the president’s false claim that Tylenol causes autism?—
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On Monday morning, the Sierra Avalanche Center reported that the recent storm was beginning to wind down, but warned that avalanche risks remained elevated due to strong winds and unstable snow.—
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The last two drafts are starting to come together, specifically the 2023 group, to form a foundation that can keep the need for relying on the unstable free-agent market to a slightly lower level.—
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Snow, ice and freezing temperatures hit parts of Europe on Tuesday, causing treacherous traffic conditions that left at least five people dead in France and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights from one of the continent’s busiest airports.—
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With a combination of rain and snow in the week prior, David Motley, the city’s public relations director, said beach conditions were treacherous.—
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“Inconstant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconstant. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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