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# inconstant

«inconstant» in Mova's school dictionary: **Changing often; not loyal or faithful: an inconstant friend** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (inconstant; literary or formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (literary) Changing often; not loyal or faithful: an inconstant friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconstant/#m1)

2) Not steady; changing in amount or strength: an inconstant wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconstant/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Mostly found in old stories, poems and formal writing: the «inconstant moon» changes shape every night; an inconstant lover keeps changing whom they love. In everyday talk people say «changeable» or «unreliable». Phrases: an inconstant friend, inconstant weather.

### examples

- The inconstant wind kept changing direction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconstant/#x1)
- In the poem, the moon is called inconstant because it changes shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconstant/#x2)
- He was an inconstant friend who forgot us when someone new came along. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconstant/#x3)
- Spring weather in Ireland is inconstant: sun, then rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconstant/#x4)
- The candle's inconstant flame flickered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconstant/#x5)
- The old song warned of an inconstant heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconstant/#x6)

### note

Opposite: «constant». Do not confuse with «inconsistent», which is the everyday word for not staying the same or not agreeing. «Inconstant» is old-fashioned and literary.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inconstant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconstant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.