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erratic
adjective
1 erratic
Liable to sudden unpredictable change:
— Erratic behavior.
synonyms: fickle, mercurial, quicksilver.
Roget 149:
changeable,
changeful;
changing
etc.
140;
mutable,
variable,
checkered,
ever changing;
protean,
proteiform†;
versatile.
unstaid†,
inconstant;
unsteady,
unstable,
unfixed,
unsettled;
fluctuating
etc.
v.;
restless;
agitated
etc.
315;
erratic,
fickle;
irresolute
etc.
605;
capricious
etc.
608;
touch and go;
inconsonant,
fitful,
spasmodic;
vibratory;
vagrant,
wayward;
desultory;
afloat;
alternating;
alterable,
plastic,
mobile;
transient
etc.
111;
wavering.
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Roget 608:
capricious;
erratic,
eccentric,
fitful,
hysterical;
full of whims
etc.
n.;
maggoty;
inconsistent,
fanciful,
fantastic,
whimsical,
crotchety,
kinky [U.S.],
particular,
humorsome†,
freakish,
skittish,
wanton,
wayward;
contrary;
captious;
arbitrary;
unconformable
etc.
83;
penny wise and pound foolish;
fickle
etc.
(irresolute)
605;
frivolous,
sleeveless,
giddy,
volatile.
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Roget 264:
moving
etc.
v.;
in motion;
transitional;
motory†,
motive;
shifting,
movable,
mobile,
mercurial,
unquiet;
restless
etc.
(changeable)
149;
nomadic
etc.
266;
erratic
etc.
279.
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Roget 279:
deviating
etc.
v.;
aberrant,
errant;
excursive,
discursive;
devious,
desultory,
loose;
rambling;
stray,
erratic,
vagrant,
undirected,
circuitous,
indirect,
zigzag;
crab-like.
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2 erratic
3 erratic
Likely to perform unpredictably:
— Erratic winds are the bane of a sailor.
synonym: temperamental.
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