Term for "Subject to change without notice"

[Colibri]

@Ethilrist

Changeable is probably the closest… it’s for a story I’m writing about a shapeshifter, who doesn’t have too much control over his ability. Somebody asks him what he is, and he says… something simple, like changeable.

In that case, I think “erratic” fills the bill.

erratic: not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.

[wonky]

@Ethilrist

Changeable is probably the closest… it’s for a story I’m writing about a shapeshifter, who doesn’t have too much control over his ability. Somebody asks him what he is, and he says… something simple, like changeable.

“Unstable” popped into my mind.

[dstarfire]

@Shoeless

Mercurial?

Maria?

… some other options: fluid, dynamic, in flux. … Similar concept are ‘to be announced’, and ‘to be decided’ when talking about programming or party plans.

[Half_Man_Half_Wit]

Protean, from the Greek god Proteus, who was famously capable of changing his shape. As it says on wikipedia:

From this feature of Proteus comes the adjective protean, with the general meaning of “versatile”, “mutable”, “capable of assuming many forms”.

[carnivorousplant]

@Half_Man_Half_Wit

Protean, from the Greek god Proteus, who was famously capable of changing his shape. As it says on wikipedia:

That was the name of the submarine in Issac Asimov’s* Fantastic Voyage.*

[Francis_Vaughan]

Well, if we go with the Greek root theme, we could look to invent an appropriate word.

Proteus gets us the shape shifting, and I might suggest Caerus as an appropriate god for random luck. (The other contenders might be Eris and Tyche - but I think their connotations for chaos and fortune are a bit overbearing.)

So how about protecaeric ?

[Colibri]

@Francis_Vaughan

Well, if we go with the Greek root theme, we could look to invent an appropriate word.

Proteus gets us the shape shifting, and I might suggest Caerus as an appropriate god for random luck. (The other contenders might be Eris and Tyche - but I think their connotations for chaos and fortune are a bit overbearing.)

So how about protecaeric ?

I presume the OP wants his readers to understand what he is talking about. Making up new words of obscure meaning is probably not the best course unless you are Lewis Carroll or James Joyce.

[Francis_Vaughan]

@Colibri

I presume the OP wants his readers to understand what he is talking about. Making up new words of obscure meaning is probably not the best course unless you are Lewis Carroll or James Joyce.

Yeah, but he can aspire…

[Colibri]

@Francis_Vaughan

Yeah, but he can aspire…

Now I’m shuddering at the thought of Jabberwocky as written by Joyce or Finnegan’s Wake as written by Carroll.

[carnivorousplant]

Keep your vorpal sword at the ready.

[dstarfire]

just saw the OP’s clarification. Fickle, and capricious spring to mind and impy governance by some gruel god of fate/luck/chance.

[ZurBob]

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Term for “Subject to change without notice”]
Is there a simple one- or two-word term for this? Searching for it brings up all the contracts ever, but not a term… I’ve checked the Reverse Thesaurus, and it didn’t help.
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@Ethilrist

Changeable is probably the closest… it’s for a story I’m writing about a shapeshifter, who doesn’t have too much control over his ability. Somebody asks him what he is, and he says… something simple, like changeable.

Despite the interpretions offered here, I think the end result for the OP is obvious: Changeable.
Easy-peasy.