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Meaning of 'erratic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Erratic [ a.]
- Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars.
- Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct.
- Irregular; changeable.
2 . Erratic [ n.]
- One who deviates from common and accepted opinions; one who is eccentric or preserve in his intellectual character.
- A rogue.
- 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.

Meaning of 'erratic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . erratic [ s]
Meaning (1):
- having no fixed course
Example in sentence:
  • a planetary vagabond;
  • an erratic comet;
  • his life followed a wandering course
Meaning (2):
- liable to sudden unpredictable change
Example in sentence:
  • a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next;
  • erratic behavior;
  • fickle weather;
  • mercurial twists of temperament
Meaning (3):
- likely to perform unpredictably
Example in sentence:
  • a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't;
  • erratic winds are the bane of a sailor;
  • that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute

Nearby Words:

err errable errableness errabund errancy errand errant errantia errantry errata

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