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adj. relating to or containing or caused by mercury; "mercurial preparations"; "mercurial sore mouth"

adj. relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; "more than Mercurial thievishness"

Mercurial

adj. relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury; "the Mercurial canals"

erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver(a)

adj. liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"

inconstant

adj. likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable; "inconstant affections"; "an inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare

fickle, volatile

adj. marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; "fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile affections"

convulsive, spasmodic, spastic

adj. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements"

variable

adj. (used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied; "a variable capacitor"; "variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights"

unreliable, undependable

adj. not to be trusted

unreliable, undependable

adj. not worthy of reliance or trust; "in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable"; "an undependable assistant"

unstable

adj. lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"

untrustworthy, untrusty

adj. not worthy of trust or belief; "an untrustworthy person"

versatile

adj. changeable or inconstant; "versatile moods"

spotty, uneven, scratchy

adj. lacking consistency; "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty"

irregular

adj. contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice; "irregular hiring practices"

precarious, shaky

adj. not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage"

capricious, freakish

adj. changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather"

adjustable

adj. capable of being regulated; "adjustable interest rates"

astatic

adj. not static or stable

fluid, unstable

adj. subject to change; variable; "a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty"; "everything was unstable following the coup"

kaleidoscopic, kaleidoscopical

adj. continually shifting or rapidly changing

labile

adj. liable to change; "an emotionally labile person"

open-ended

adj. allowing for future changes or revisions; "open-ended agreements"

quick-change(a)

adj. adept at changing from one thing to another especially changing costumes; "a quick-change artist"

reversible

adj. capable of assuming or producing either of two states; "a reversible chemical reaction"; "a reversible cell"

variable, unsettled

adj. "unsettled weather"

volatile

adj. tending to vary often or widely; "volatile stocks"; "volatile emotions"

constant

adj. steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; "a man constant in adherence to his ideals"; "a constant lover"; "constant as the northern star"

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