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Which is often described as capricious?

capricious

[kuh-prish-uhs, -pree-shuhs] / kəˈprɪʃ əs, -ˈpri ʃəs /


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He’s willing to place intriguing romantic possibilities in Wendy’s path that she obliviously kicks out of the way, making the point that love is capricious.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

You really see this change, and yet it doesn’t feel capricious because he has been listening the whole time.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

While engineers have spent decades trying to create “explainable AI,” a defining characteristic of today’s large language models is that they remain biased black boxes that are capricious in their decision-making.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

He called his arrest an "arbitrary, capricious prosecution".

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

What I knew of physics I had learned in the junkyard, where the physical world often seemed unstable, capricious.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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