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Often changing your opinions

fickle

adjective

always changing your mind about who or what you like

capricious

adjective

suddenly and unexpectedly changing your opinion or behaviour without any good reason

flighty

adjective

changing your opinions and behaviour often, and not serious or reliable

skittish

adjective

nervous or worried and likely to change your opinion about something

schizophrenic

adjective

frequently and suddenly changing your opinions and attitudes

mercurial

adjective

likely to change your mood or opinion unexpectedly

capriciously

adverb

schizophrenically

adverb

skittishly

adverb

skittishness

noun

cyberloafing

using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related

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