flickery

adjective

Definition of flickerynext
as in volatile
likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly wise political leaders don't try to govern according to flickery public opinion

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  1. volatile
  2. unpredictable
  3. changeful
  4. unstable
  5. inconsistent
  6. mercurial
Adjective
  • Still, food price growth is notoriously volatile and many factors that determine costs are often outside the government's control.
    Rob Wile, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The Declare label — which comes on 20 of Moore & Giles’ collections — also outlines life expectancy and end-life options for the leather, as well as origin and volatile organic compounds (VOC) off-gassing.
    Jennifer Bringle, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of volatile
Adjective
  • However, logistical challenges, such as unpredictable weather, play a role in these considerations.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Success, the author argues, is primarily the product of unpredictable social processes, support from famous sponsors, and a perfect match with the zeitgeist.
    Christian Stadler, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of unpredictable
Adjective
  • Hers is the kind of face that inspires directors to tight framing — gleaming, as if smoothed from marble, and yet somehow pliant, changeful.
    Jordan Kisner Jack Davison, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Rigorous, blustery winter; winding sleety spring; hot, moist enervating summer; changeful autumn with its dog-days; these are absolutely unknown.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
Definition of changeful
Adjective
  • According to Gregory, fluctuating temperatures in the area has caused all ice surfaces to be unstable.
    Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement By any measure, the immediate future of Syria will be an unstable and potentially violent melange of competing groups, intense jockeying for power and settling of scores.
    Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of unstable
Adjective
  • True, Anthony Richardson is wildly inconsistent but he’s got the big arm to burn the Broncos deep as Jameis Winston did before Denver’s bye.
    Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Gruden won a Super Bowl against his former Raiders squad in his first year in Tampa, but the rest of his tenure was wildly inconsistent.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of inconsistent
Adjective
  • Since Mercury began its retrograde journey in Sagittarius on Nov. 25, things have been in flux, particularly mercurial themes such as communication, logistics and dynamics within your immediate environment.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
  • And Musk, once a supporter of President Obama before moving to the right in recent years, is famously mercurial.
    Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of mercurial
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