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Meaning of erratic in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /əˈrædɪk/

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  1. 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. 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. 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

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