erratic, adj.
freq. cnt. 1
freq. cnt. 1
liable to sudden unpredictable change
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
erratic fickle mercurial quicksilver
sample sentences
"erratic behavior""fickle weather"
"mercurial twists of temperament"
"a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
likely to perform unpredictably
<adj.all>
erratic temperamental
sample sentences
"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"- Osbert Lancaster
semantic pointers
similar to
having no fixed course
<adj.all>
erratic planetary wandering
sample sentences
"an erratic comet""his life followed a wandering course"
"a planetary vagabond"
semantic pointers
similar to