capricious

[US]/kəˈprɪʃəs/
[UK]/kəˈprɪʃəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. unpredictable, whimsical

Example Sentences

a capricious personality

a capricious and often brutal administration.

they were perturbed by her capricious behaviour.

We can’t go camping while the weather is so capricious.

In Iraq's case this was the Baath, or Renaissance, Party, a vehicle which he ultimately transformed, through terrifyingly capricious ruthlessness, into a fascistic tool for his own absolute control.

Real-world Examples

You know how capricious he can be.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

But investors are warned off by the capricious way he takes decisions.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The style of Dryden is capricious and varied, that of Pope cautious and uniform.

Source: American Version Language Arts Volume 6

It was a capricious breeze, coming from the coast, and after it passed the sea became smooth.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

The road followed the capricious windings of the southern branch of the Platte River, on its left bank.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

Depending less on capricious foreign aid, Gaza also enjoys “exceptionally high” economic growth, according to the latest World Bank report.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

They say Fortune is a woman and capricious.

Source: Middlemarch (Part Four)

It is the first time I have been told I am capricious.

Source: Washington Square

In the British sitcom " Yes, Minister" the prime minister is capricious but invisible.

Source: The Economist Culture

It is completely random and capricious and arbitrary and cold – just like the universe.

Source: World History Crash Course

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