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adjective

fickle

changing frequently, especially regarding loyalties or affections

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Six example sentences with fickle, each labelled with its topic.

  • Pop audiences are fickle: the band that sold out arenas in spring could not fill a club by December.

    Music

  • Fans proved fickle, chanting one rookie's name in November and demanding a trade before the All-Star break arrived.

    Basketball

  • Fickle consumer taste ruined the chain: the same shoppers who queued for the brand abandoned it within two seasons.

    Economics

  • Markets are fickle: the same stock that traders loved on Monday was dumped by Friday on one weak sales figure.

    Finance

  • Early users proved fickle, signing up in droves for the launch and vanishing the week a rival offered a free tier.

    Startups

  • Fickle voters handed the party a landslide, then abandoned it at the very next election over a bus fare.

    Politics

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