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Erratic Common

Erratic has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.

Adjective
1

liable to sudden unpredictable change

"erratic behavior"

"fickle weather"

"mercurial twists of temperament"

"a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"

2

having no fixed course

"an erratic comet"

"his life followed a wandering course"

"a planetary vagabond"

3

likely to perform unpredictably

"erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"

"a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"

"that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"

4

unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent

Example Sentences
"erratic behavior" adjective
"fickle weather" adjective
"mercurial twists of temperament" adjective
"a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next" adjective
"an erratic comet" adjective
"his life followed a wandering course" adjective
"a planetary vagabond" adjective
"erratic winds are the bane of a sailor" adjective
"a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't" adjective
"that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
tic otic etic ictic mutic lotic attic ontic istic vatic octic latic metic artic ustic matic votic retic optic nitic
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