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erratic
adjective
Liable to sudden unpredictable change
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ɪˈɹætɪk
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adjective
Liable to sudden unpredictable change
“Erratic behavior”
adjective
Likely to perform unpredictably
“Erratic winds are the bane of a sailor”
adjective
Having no fixed course
“An erratic comet”
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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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