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erratic
[ih-rat-ik]
adjective
deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion; eccentric.
erratic behavior.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms: , ,inconsistent, irregular, or unpredictable.
Many factors affect purchasing power, such as inflation and erratic swings in the stock market.
having no certain or definite course or pattern; wandering; not fixed.
erratic winds.
Geology.noting or pertaining to a boulder or the like carried by glacial ice and deposited some distance from its place of origin.
(of a lichen) having no attachment to the surface on which it grows.
noun
an erratic or eccentric person.
Geology.an erratic boulder or the like.
erratic
/ ɪˈæɪ /
adjective
irregular in performance, behaviour, or attitude; inconsistent and unpredictable
having no fixed or regular course; wandering
noun
a piece of rock that differs in composition, shape, etc, from the rock surrounding it, having been transported from its place of origin, esp by glacial action
an erratic person or thing
Other 51Թ Forms
- erratically adverb
- erraticism noun
- nonerratic adjective
- unerratic adjective
- ˈپ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of erratic1
Example Sentences
But Spaun, who still boasts the only bogey-free round of the week on Thursday, hit an erratic tee shot at the 18th.
A slightly erratic back nine that featured two birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey saw him post a 68.
Raw pain is etched on Jack's father's face as he finally realises how his undiagnosed mental illness - and erratic manic behaviour - hurt the ones he loves the most.
He says the number of those crucial chilling hours are falling and due to erratic weather conditions farmers are facing colossal financial losses every year.
Parks, an admired lyricist with his own career to worry about, eventually walked away from the project, spooked by Wilson’s erratic behavior and what he saw as Love’s uncomfortable tendency to bully his cousin.
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