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Meaning of erratic in English
Pronunciation
/əˈrædɪk/
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Classifying Adjective
erratic
Definitions
1.
having no fixed course
Examples
« an erratic comet »
« his life followed a wandering course »
« a planetary vagabond »
Synonyms
unsettled
2.
liable to sudden unpredictable change
Examples
« erratic behavior »
« fickle weather »
« mercurial twists of temperament »
« a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next »
Synonyms
changeable
changeful
3.
likely to perform unpredictably
Examples
« 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 »
Synonyms
unreliable
undependable