capricious

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Oversættelse

adj. uforudsigelig, lunefuld

Eksempelsætninger

a capricious personality

en lunefuld personlighed

a capricious and often brutal administration.

en lunefuld og ofte brutal forvaltning.

they were perturbed by her capricious behaviour.

de var forstyrrede af hendes lunefulde opførsel.

We can’t go camping while the weather is so capricious.

Vi kan ikke tage på camping, mens vejret er så lunefuld.

In Iraq's case this was the Baath, or Renaissance, Party, a vehicle which he ultimately transformed, through terrifyingly capricious ruthlessness, into a fascistic tool for his own absolute control.

I Irak var det Baath-partiet, eller Renæssancepartiet, et redskab, som han til sidst transformerede, gennem skræmmende lunefuld hensynsløshed, til et fascistisk redskab for sin egen absolutte kontrol.

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You know how capricious he can be.

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The style of Dryden is capricious and varied, that of Pope cautious and uniform.

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It was a capricious breeze, coming from the coast, and after it passed the sea became smooth.

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The road followed the capricious windings of the southern branch of the Platte River, on its left bank.

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Depending less on capricious foreign aid, Gaza also enjoys “exceptionally high” economic growth, according to the latest World Bank report.

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They say Fortune is a woman and capricious.

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It is the first time I have been told I am capricious.

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In the British sitcom " Yes, Minister" the prime minister is capricious but invisible.

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It is completely random and capricious and arbitrary and cold – just like the universe.

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