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Capricious

/kəˈprɪʃəs/
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(adj) Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.

The formation and movement of hurricanes are capricious, even with our present-day technology.
Everyone is entitled to be capricious now and then.
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The weather was very ____, changing from sun to rain in minutes today.

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