fickle
Example Sentences
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Added to the mix, Melbourne's weather is notoriously fickle and the heat has played havoc with the schedule in the past.
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But real estate insiders say the property is badly in need of remodeling, with aging office spaces, tiny windows, fickle elevators and a pesky rodent population among its ills.
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CEOs, in turn, pursue strategies against apathetic indexers or fickle traders who chase hot stocks and flee at the first hint of trouble.
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Meanwhile, yanking the plans for the old frigate class from a Wisconsin shipyard will compound the dysfunction in U.S. shipbuilding, which is driven in part by a fickle Pentagon.
Like a fickle breeze, no sooner does Mr. Winchester get blowing than he changes course.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.