fickle
/ˈfɪkl/ adjectiveDefinition
› likely to change suddenly and without warning: Do Americans know how to invest in fickle markets? The art market is as fickle and hard to predict as any other.
› likely to change your opinion or your feelings suddenly and without a good reason: Brand loyalty is hard to get from the notoriously fickle internet community.
fickleness noun [U] › Many e-businesses are complaining about the fickleness of investors.(Definition of fickle adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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