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Definition of "vagary" []

  • An extravagant or erratic notion or action. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "vagary" in a sentence
  • "He can call them “simple” tests, but this kind of vagary is far from simple to implement into a budget."
  • "For there is no such thing as a naturally occurring "vagary" that we cannot tackle effectively with the fund of techniques to which all societies and all generations have contributed."
  • "Nobody seems interested in destroying, once and for all, the vicious circle in which this "vagary" of international fraud entraps us."