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erratic definition
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Overview of adj erratic The adj erratic has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) erratic, planetary, wandering -- (having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond") 2. (1) erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver -- (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") 3. 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) Antonyms of adj erratic 3 senses of erratic Sense 1 erratic, planetary, wandering INDIRECT (VIA unsettled) -> settled Sense 2 erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA changeable) -> unchangeable Sense 3 erratic, temperamental INDIRECT (VIA unreliable, undependable) -> reliable, dependable INDIRECT (VIA unreliable, undependable) -> reliable, dependable Similarity of adj erratic 3 senses of erratic Sense 1 erratic, planetary, wandering => unsettled (vs. settled) Sense 2 erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver(postnominal) => changeable (vs. unchangeable), changeful Sense 3 erratic, temperamental => unreliable (vs. reliable), undependable (vs. dependable) Attributes of adj erratic Familiarity of adj erratic erratic used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj erratic erratic Overview of adj erratic The adj erratic has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) erratic, planetary, wandering -- (having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond") 2. (1) erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver -- (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") 3. 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)
erratic definition
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