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ERRATIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Liable to sudden unpredictable change
Example:
a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next
Synonyms:
erratic; fickle; mercurial; quicksilver
Classified under:
Similar:
changeable; changeful (such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Likely to perform unpredictably
Example:
that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute
Synonyms:
erratic; temperamental
Classified under:
Similar:
undependable; unreliable (not worthy of reliance or trust)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having no fixed course
Example:
a planetary vagabond
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unsettled (not settled or established)
