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capricious
adjective
Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
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adjective
Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
“A capricious refusal”
adjective
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“A capricious summer breeze”
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A capricious refusal
Authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious
The victim of whimsical persecutions
A capricious summer breeze
Freakish weather
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