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erratic - Dictionary definition and meaning for erratic

ERRATIC

(adj.) 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"
synonyms : fickle , mercurial , quicksilver
Her quicksilver temperament annoyed everybody. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) 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"
synonyms : temperamental
(adj.) having no fixed course
"an erratic comet", "his life followed a wandering course", "a planetary vagabond"
synonyms : planetary , wandering

Mnemonics for erratic

(Tag: ) focus on ERR + atic..part of it, and err is nothing but ERROR, and errors always look ODD, AND ARE unpredictable in nature.
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(Tag: English) sounds much similar to word erotic.....the acts in erotic scenes in movies are quite unpredictable
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(Tag: ) erratic ~ errata -> so many things -> unpredictable which one
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