Meaning & use

ever-changing

adjective·Everyday

Continually changing or shifting, without settling into a fixed or permanent state.

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Fashion is an ever-changing industry where trends can shift completely within a single season.

Sailors must adapt constantly to the ever-changing conditions of wind and weather at sea.

A note on using this word

Ever-changing is a compound adjective, always hyphenated when it appears directly before the noun it modifies.

Words with a similar meaning

fluctuatingshiftingdynamic

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