: marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness
fickleness
noun
Examples of fickle in a Sentence
The Weak will suck up to the Strong, for fear of losing their jobs and their money and all the fickle power they wielded only twenty-four hours ago.
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Hunter S. Thompson, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2004
The corporate fan who has replaced the core fan is a fickle beast, choosy about which games he'll use his precious free time to attend.
—E. M. Swift, Sports Illustrated, 15 May 2000
A failed play was a denial of what Odets was owed, for he was chasing the public no differently than did his bourgeois and nonrevolutionary contemporaries, a public as fickle as it always was and is.
—Arthur Miller, Harper's, March 1999
War is like hard-drug abuse or a fickle lover, an apparently contradictory bolt of compulsion, agony and ecstasy that draws you back in the face of better judgment time and time again.
—Anthony Loyd, My War Gone By, 1999
He blames poor sales on fickle consumers.
a fickle friendship that was on and off over the years
Hunter S. Thompson, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2004
The corporate fan who has replaced the core fan is a fickle beast, choosy about which games he'll use his precious free time to attend.
—E. M. Swift, Sports Illustrated, 15 May 2000
A failed play was a denial of what Odets was owed, for he was chasing the public no differently than did his bourgeois and nonrevolutionary contemporaries, a public as fickle as it always was and is.
—Arthur Miller, Harper's, March 1999
War is like hard-drug abuse or a fickle lover, an apparently contradictory bolt of compulsion, agony and ecstasy that draws you back in the face of better judgment time and time again.
—Anthony Loyd, My War Gone By, 1999
He blames poor sales on fickle consumers.
a fickle friendship that was on and off over the years
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Both players ultimately struggled in the playoff rounds that ended Denver’s 2025 and 2026 seasons — a reminder that role player output is fickle, and that even the successful minimum signings shouldn’t be over-relied on during a series.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
His fickle availability can and should reinvigorate a desire to build this year’s passing game around a concept rather than an individual player.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
Encouragingly for investors, analysts broadly said management has been proactive, focusing on simple yet effective fixes to demonstrate the Costco value to all, especially digitally fickle members.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 28 May 2026
The Brickell restaurant just celebrated a decade, a feat in the fickle Miami bar scene.
—Mariette Williams, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2026
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
His fickle availability can and should reinvigorate a desire to build this year’s passing game around a concept rather than an individual player.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
Encouragingly for investors, analysts broadly said management has been proactive, focusing on simple yet effective fixes to demonstrate the Costco value to all, especially digitally fickle members.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 28 May 2026
The Brickell restaurant just celebrated a decade, a feat in the fickle Miami bar scene.
—Mariette Williams, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2026
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“Fickle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fickle. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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fickle
adjective
fick·le
ˈfik-əl 
: likely to change frequently without good reason : inconstant
fickle friends
fickleness
noun
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