the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; -- said of persons or things.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Not constant; subject to change; not firm; unsteady; fickle; capricious: said chiefly of persons: as, inconstant in love or friendship.
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adj. likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable
Word Usage
"I have heard him called inconstant of purpose — when he deserted, for the sake of love, the hope of sovereignty, and when he abdicated the protectorship of England, men blamed his infirmity of purpose."