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erratic adjective [ ɪˈratɪk ]

• not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.
• "her breathing was erratic"
Similar: unpredictable, inconsistent, changeable, variable, inconstant, uncertain, irregular, unstable, turbulent, unsteady, unsettled, unreliable, undependable, changing, ever-changing, volatile, varying, shifting, fluctuating, fluid, mutable, protean, fitful, wavering, full of ups and downs, peaky, mercurial, capricious, whimsical, fickle, flighty, giddy, impulsive, wayward, temperamental, highly strung, excitable, moody, blowing hot and cold, labile, fluctuant, changeful,
Opposite: predictable, consistent,

erratic noun

• a rock or boulder that differs from the surrounding rock and is believed to have been brought from a distance by glacial action.
• "the source of stone for the whetstones may have been glacial erratics"
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French erratique, from Latin erraticus, from errare ‘to stray, err’.


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