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1. (adj.) erratic
inconsistent or changeable in behavior; unpredictable.
2. erratic
deviating from the usual or proper course; eccentric.
3. erratic
having no certain or definite course; wandering; not fixed.
4. erratic
(of a boulder, etc.) carried by glacial ice and deposited some distance from its place of origin.
5. (n.) erratic
an erratic or eccentric person.
6. erratic
an erratic boulder or the like.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME < L errāticus=errā(re) to wander, err+-ticus adj. suffix)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver(a)
liable to sudden unpredictable change
"erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"
2. (adj) erratic, planetary, wandering
having no fixed course
"an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"
3. (adj) erratic, temperamental
likely to perform unpredictably
"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
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Erratic
having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars
2. (adj) Erratic
deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct
3. (adj) Erratic
irregular; changeable
4. (noun) Erratic
one who deviates from common and accepted opinions; one who is eccentric or preserve in his intellectual character
5. (noun) Erratic
a rogue
6. (noun) Erratic
any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder
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Sense: inclined to be irregular; not dependable
His behaviour/work is erratic.
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 Afrikaans: dwalend, swerwend, ongere |
 Arabic: مُتَقَلِّب الأطْوار، شاذ، |
 Bulgarian: непостоянен |
 Brazilian: errático |
 Czech: nestálý, nespolehlivý |
 German: unstet |
 Danish: uregelmæssig; tilfældig |
 Greek: αλλοπρόσαλλος, αναξιόπιστ |
 Spanish: irregular |
 Estonian: ebakindel |
 Farsi: نامنظم؛ سرسری |
 Finnish: epäsäännöllinen |
 French: irrégulier |
 Hebrew: לא יָצִיב |
 Hindi: अनिश्चित |
 Croatian: nepredvidiv, nepouzdan |
 Hungarian: kiszámíthatatlan |
 Indonesian: tidak tetap |
 Icelandic: reikull,óstöðugur |
 Italian: irregolare |
 Japanese: とっぴな |
 Korean: 별난, 괴상한 |
 Lithuanian: nereguliarus, nepatikimas |
 Latvian: neregulārs; nepastāvīgs; |
 Malay: tidak menentu |
 Dutch: onregelmatig |
 Norwegian: ujevn, uregelmessig; uber |
 Polish: nierówny |
 Persian: نامنظم؛ سرسری |
 Pashto: په ځان كې ورك، عجيب، سر ك |
 Portuguese: errático |
 Romanian: inconstant; ciudat |
 Russian: беспорядочный |
 Slovak: nespoľahlivý |
 Slovenian: nestalen |
 Serbian: haotičan |
 Swedish: ojämn, oregelbunden, nyck |
 Thai: ไม่แน่ไม่นอน |
 Turkish: düzensiz, kararsız |
 Taiwanese: 不規律的, 不穩定的 |
 Ukrainian: чудний; розпорошений |
 Urdu: ڈانوا ڈول |
 Vietnamese: thất thường |
 Chinese: 反复无常的，不稳定的 |
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