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erratic

(= fickle, mercurial, quicksilver) 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 (= planetary, wandering) having no fixed course an erratic comet his life followed a wandering course a planetary vagabond (= temperamental) 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

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Simple sentences

Mary was troubled by Tom's erratic behavior.
Dan began an erratic sexual relationship with his youngest aunt, Linda.
He is erratic.

Movie subtitles

I don't need any erratic behaviour from her.
Herr Frankenstein is a most brilliant young man, yet so erratic.
Perhaps he's conceited and erratic. even childish. but he's real.
Under pressure, you became erratic and couldn't understand the captain.
Mr. Nakajima's erratic behavior did not end there.
He had became somewhat erratic of late.
His speech and behavior had been somewhat erratic.
His lap times are awfully erratic.
The energy is dissipated, erratic.
Erratic, confused but definitely registering.
Vaguely like a cloud of ionized hydrogen, but with strong erratic electrical impulses.
This is the creator of Nomad. Perhaps the most brilliant, though erratic, scientist of his time.
I assumed it was simply erratic behavior, individual behavior.
Although behaviour appears erratic, possesses high IQ.
Since the heat went over 139, radio contact is highly erratic.
Time's a bit erratic out here.
Since then his grazing pattern has been erratic.
His breathing rate is very erratic and very shallow.
His breathing's very erratic.
This is the creator of Nomad, perhaps the most brilliant though erratic scientist of his time.
Brilliant mind. But a highly erratic personality.
You know how erratic these goons can be.
Following an erratic course.
Development of emotional instability and erratic mental attitudes since returning from that planet.
She's been ill, erratic, but I've never known of anything like that.
It all adds up to the same thing: an erratic, violent man.
An erratic, violent man.
You've been so erratic, so unreasonable.
Perhaps the most brilliant, though erratic, scientist of his time.
It's following a very erratic course.
It's still too erratic!
It's still too erratic.
I'm trying, sir, but it's very faint and erratic.
But they are still very erratic, unstable.

News and current affairs

In recent years, the short rains have failed entirely, and long rains have been erratic.
The other left has proved to be more extreme and erratic than many anticipated.
The story of an erratic kid from Brooklyn taking on the Soviet empire in its national sport made good copy for journalists, who understood the significance of the event.
Instead of becoming more modern, agriculture remained as dependent as ever on erratic monsoon rains and became even more volatile in its production.
The history of drugs, and drug control, at the Olympics is discouraging - a farrago of ill-informed rules, outright state-sponsored cheating, and half-hearted and erratic attempts at enforcement.
But beyond the scandals, the public should be more aware of the erratic nature of today's financial markets.
Finance Minister Eichel's policy is bound to become as erratic as the fiscal policies pursued by the last Kohl government.
Let us remember: Libya is a totalitarian tyranny; its leader, Muammar Ghaddafi, combines sometimes erratic behavior with extremist policies, supporting dictators all over the world.
Unfortunately, Iraq appears set to continue to be a major source of high oil prices, owing to highly erratic output.
Even North Korea's erratic leader, the hermit Kim Jong Il, who never travels outside his country, has visited Putin twice in recent years.
A volatility feedback loop begins: the more volatility, the more people feel they must pay attention to the market, and hence the more erratic their trades.
Clearly, Russia's attitude toward its near abroad is not quite as erratic as it may seem.
Gazprom's erratic behavior is not a matter of minor concern for Europe.
But America's sporadic, erratic, and largely ineffective deployment of power is hardly of Martian quality.
The inherently erratic behavior of the major renewable energy technologies presents serious problems for power system planners.
If an unyielding South becomes engaged in another military game of chicken with the often-audacious and always-erratic North, the results could be catastrophic.
But Israel is not required to sign a peace deal with the erratic Mashaal.
Since 1998, there has not been a single defection from the upper levels of the program, despite low pay and substandard living conditions--deteriorating medical care, erratic electricity supplies, and a ban on travel.
PRINCETON: Around the world commentators fondly insist that Boris Yeltsin's relations with reality are episodic, unpredictable, erratic, maybe even insane.
Instead of seeing Yeltsin's actions as erratic, we should recognize them for what they are: declarations that he remains strong and powerful, and planning to stay high up for years to come.
Faced with the erratic nature of agricultural markets, regulation is needed to soften the impact on poorer countries of volatile food prices.

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