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temperamental
adjective
Relating to or caused by temperament
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adjective
Relating to or caused by temperament
“Temperamental indifference to neatness”
adjective
Subject to sharply varying moods
“A temperamental opera singer”
adjective
Likely to perform unpredictably;- Osbert Lancaster
“Erratic winds are the bane of a sailor”
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Temperamental indifference to neatness
Temperamental peculiarities
A temperamental opera singer
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
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