erratic

er·rat·ic  (-rtk)

adj.

1. Having no fixed or regular course; wandering.

2. Lacking consistency, regularity, or uniformity: an erratic heartbeat.

3. Deviating from the customary course in conduct or opinion; eccentric: erratic behavior.

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[Middle English erratik, from Old French erratique, from Latin errticus, from errre, to wander; see ers- in Indo-European roots.]

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er·rati·cal·ly adv.

er·rati·cism (--szm) n.

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erratic

Adjective

irregular or unpredictable: his increasingly erratic behaviour

Noun

Geol a rock that has been transported by glacial action [Latin errare to wander]

erratically adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	erratic - 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" mercurial, quicksilver, fickle changeful, changeable - such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change; "changeable behavior"; "changeable moods"; "changeable prices"
	2.	erratic - having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond" planetary, wandering unsettled - not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle"
	3.	erratic - 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 temperamental undependable, unreliable - not worthy of reliance or trust; "in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable"; "an undependable assistant"

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erratic

adjective unpredictable, variable, unstable, irregular, shifting, eccentric, abnormal, inconsistent, uneven, unreliable, wayward, capricious, desultory, changeable, aberrant, fitful, inconstant << OPPOSITE regular

Translations

erratic [ɪˈrætɪk] adj → variable; [results etc] → desigual, poco uniforme

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erratic [ɪˈrætɪk] adj → irrégulier/ière, inconstant(e)

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erratic [ɪˈrætɪk] adj → unberechenbar;

(attempts) → unkoordiniert;

(noise) → unregelmäßig

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erratic [ɪˈrætɪk] adj → imprevedibile; [person, mood] → incostante