Sample sentences for CAPRICIOUS

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Definition

impulsive or unpredictable or tending to make sudden changes — especially impulsive behavior

capricious = unpredictable

The court overturned the ruling—describing it as having been made in a capricious manner.

capricious = impulsive and unpredictable

capricious = impulsive or unpredictable

Neither democracy nor a rights-protecting constitution can defend individual liberty in a country whose law enforcement is arbitrary or capricious.
The Administrative Procedure Act (APA), permits a court to set aside agency findings of fact found to be arbitrary or capricious.
...she had a capricious and hasty temper, and indifferent ideas of principle or justice...
Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
She took her mother's hand in both her own, and gazed into her eyes with an earnestness that was seldom seen in her wild and capricious character.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter
The capricious nature of legislated tax changes inhibits long-term planning.

capricious = unpredictable

capricious = unpredictably changing directions

It was a capricious refusal.
Word meanings change over time. For example, in "the Taming of the Shrew", Shakespeare uses the word "humor" to describe Kate's capricious nature.
the wind was blowing a capricious gale - now from the west, now backing around to the north,
Stephen King -- The Shining

capricious = unpredictable

that city had been excluded from the itineraries of the steamboats because of the river's caprices
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- Love in the Time of Cholera

caprices = unpredictability

I have made enough money to satisfy both my needs and my caprices.
Agatha Christie -- Murder On The Orient Express

caprices = impulsive desires

The shift in shade is no doubt an attempt to stay abreast of the capricious fashion trends of the Capitol.
Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire

capricious = impulsive or unpredictable

For the moment, they were traveling in the proper direction, but the winter winds were capricious.
Henry H. Neff -- The Maelstrom

capricious = unpredictable (prone to change quickly)

curtains which draped the windows, and which puffed, floated, and flapped at the capricious will of a stiff breeze
Kate Chopin -- The Awakening

capricious = unpredictable

capricious = impulsive and unpredictable

Mildred and I grew into each other's hearts, so that we were content to go hand-in-hand wherever caprice led us,
Helen Keller -- Story of My Life

caprice = impulse (whim or sudden desire)

The road followed the capricious windings of the southern branch of the Platte River, on its left bank.
Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days

capricious = making sudden changes

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