capricious
kuh pri shuhs
- s changeable
a capricious summer breeze - s determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
a capricious refusal
authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious
- Things go quickly out of fashion but the fashion world is so capricious that some previously discarded fabric and color return to favor quite as quickly.
- The world over people are buying impulsively now, and often regretting their capricious decisions later.
- The capricious system of tariffs and taxes that raise the price of goods are mostly based on outdated political considerations that defy logic and good sense.