WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
in•con•stant /ɪnˈkɑnstənt/USA pronunciation
adj.
in•con•stant•ly, adv. See -stan-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- not constant;
changeable:an inconstant breeze.
in•con•stant•ly, adv. See -stan-.
in•con•stant
(in kon′stənt),USA pronunciation adj.
in•con′stan•cy, n.
in•con′stant•ly, adv.
- not constant;
changeable;
fickle;
variable:an inconstant friend.
- Latin inconstant- (stem of inconstāns) changeable. See in-3, constant
- late Middle English inconstaunt 1375–1425
in•con′stant•ly, adv.
- moody, capricious, vacillating, wavering; undependable, unstable, unsettled, uncertain; mutable, mercurial, volatile. See fickle.
- steady.
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