erratic

/ɪrˈætɪk/

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Adjective Satellite
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"
Adjective Satellite
having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"
Adjective Satellite
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