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inconstancy

/ɪnˈkɒn.stən.si/

inconstancy noun: lack of constancy; lack of consistency in thought, emotion or action.

Noun

inconstancy (countable and uncountable, plural inconstancies)

  1. Lack of constancy; lack of consistency in thought, emotion or action.
    • Although she loved him for many years, his inconstancy eventually drove her to another.
    • '[…] But can we wonder that with such a husband to provoke inconstancy, and without a friend to advise or restrain her, (for my father lived only a few months after their marriage, and I was with my regiment in the East Indies), she should fall? […]'1811, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC

inconstancy meaning in Urdu, Telugu and Tagalog

inconstancy in Urdu

ناپائیداری

inconstancy in Telugu

inconstancy
చాపల్యము cāpalyamu

inconstancy in Tagalog

lack of constancy
kawalang-ligo

Forms of inconstancy

pluralinconstancies
alternative form (obsolete)inconstancie

Origin of inconstancy

From in- + constancy or inconstant + -cy.

Questions about inconstancy

What does inconstancy mean?
Inconstancy means lack of constancy; lack of consistency in thought, emotion or action.
What is inconstancy in Urdu?
Inconstancy in Urdu is ناپائیداری. See Inconstancy meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is inconstancy?
Inconstancy is a noun.
How do you pronounce inconstancy?
Inconstancy is pronounced /ɪnˈkɒn.stən.si/ (UK).
What is the plural of inconstancy?
The plural of inconstancy is inconstancies.

Words near inconstancy in the dictionary

  1. inconspicuousness
  2. inconstance
  3. inconstances
  4. inconstancie
  5. inconstancies
  6. inconstancy
  7. inconstant
  8. inconstantly
  9. inconstantness
  10. inconstaunt
  11. inconstitutionality

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: inconstancy (page history and authors); inconstancy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); చాపల్యము (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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