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erratic

adjective

liable to sudden unpredictable change

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Word Facts

Word length
7
Starts with
E
Ends with
C
Contains
RR
Scrabble score
9
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ɪˈɹætɪk

Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. liable to sudden unpredictable change

    “erratic behavior”

adjective

  1. likely to perform unpredictably

    “erratic winds are the bane of a sailor”

adjective

  1. having no fixed course

    “an erratic comet”

In context

Example Sentences

erratic behavior
fickle weather
mercurial twists of temperament
a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next
erratic winds are the bane of a sailor
a temperamental motor: sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't
{'source': 'Osbert Lancaster', 'text': 'that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute'}
an erratic comet
his life followed a wandering course
a planetary vagabond

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