erratic
About 2.20 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent.
Henry has been getting erratic scores on his tests: 40% last week, but 98% this week.
- adjective Deviating from normal opinions or actions; eccentric; odd.
erratic conduct
- noun A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.
- noun Anything that has erratic characteristics.
Similar words
fickle unsettled temperamental undependable unreliable changeful wandering changeable quicksilver planetary
Often followed by
and behavior in course blocks or behaviour movements boulders
Word family
erratical erratically erraticism erraticisms erratics
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