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mutable
adjective
1 mutable
Capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature:
— A mutable substance.
— Mutable weather patterns.
— A mutable foreign policy.
synonym: changeable.
Roget 149:
changeable,
changeful;
changing
etc.
140;
mutable,
variable,
checkered,
ever changing;
protean,
proteiform†;
versatile.
unstaid†,
inconstant;
unsteady,
unstable,
unfixed,
unsettled;
fluctuating
etc.
v.;
restless;
agitated
etc.
315;
erratic,
fickle;
irresolute
etc.
605;
capricious
etc.
608;
touch and go;
inconsonant,
fitful,
spasmodic;
vibratory;
vagrant,
wayward;
desultory;
afloat;
alternating;
alterable,
plastic,
mobile;
transient
etc.
111;
wavering.
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2 mutable
Prone to frequent change; inconstant.
3 mutable
Tending to undergo genetic mutuation.
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