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capriciousness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | arbitrariness, flightiness, whimsey, whimsicality, whimsy |
| Type of | irresponsibility, irresponsibleness |
| Derivation | capricious |
capriciousness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | unpredictability |
| Type of | changefulness, inconstancy |
| Derivation | capricious |
Examples of capriciousness
capriciousness
What offends middle-class Americans, most of us, is economic capriciousness.
From the washingtonpost.com
More disturbing was the capriciousness of the sound-amplifying system.
From the theatlantic.com
Meanwhile, the right and military had become fed up with his capriciousness and nepotism.
From the online.wsj.com
Adoptees cite this capriciousness as a reason for opening all records.
From the time.com
For many, that capriciousness is part of the charm of March Madness, but not for the players.
From the denverpost.com
In fact, the system's capriciousness embarrasses even its supporters.
From the economist.com
Yet even the most reform-resistant Saudis have long bemoaned the capriciousness of their courts.
From the economist.com
Capriciousness is not something most people like in a government.
From the economist.com
The only times he thinks about life's capriciousness are when he sits down to watch the television news.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- The quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
- Flightiness: the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment; "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"
- Changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather"
- (capricious) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions"
- (capriciously) unpredictably; "the weather has been freakishly variable"
- (capriciously) in a capricious manner; "there were Turk's head lilies and patches of iris , islands of brilliant blue set capriciously in the green sea"
- (capricious) Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim
- (Capricious) In an ombudsman investigation, "capricious" means that the agency acted at the whim or pleasure of an agency official or employee without regard to any law or controlling principle.
- (capricious) (adj) acting impulsively and whimsically (without care)
