We had to lessen the impact of the erratic supplies.
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Erratic
//ɪˈɹætɪk//
Synonyms for "erratic" (293 found)
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Closest matches (59)
planetaryunreliableaberrantaberrativeabnormaladriftafloatagnosticaimlessalternatingambiguousamorphousanomalisticanomalousarbitrarybizarrebrokencapriciouscareeningcasual
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catchychancychangeablechangefulchangingcharacterchoppycircuitouscrackpotcrankcrankishcrankycrazycrotchetycuriouscurvingdepartingdesultorydeviabledeviantdeviatingdeviativedeviatorydeviousdiceydifferentdigressivedirectionlessdisarticulateddisconnecteddiscontinuousdiscursivedisjunctdisordereddisorderlydisperseddisproportionatedivagatory
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (88)
divaricatedivergentdiversifieddiversiformdizzydottydoubtfuldoubtingdropstonedubiouseccentricequivocaleroseerrantexceptionalexcursiveextraordinaryfantasticfast and loosefey
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ficklefitfulflakeflakyflickeringflightyflittingfluctuantfluctuatingfoolishformlessfreakfreakishfrivolousfunnygiddygratuitousgutteringhaltinghaphazardherky-jerkyhesitanthesitatingheterocliteheteromorphichit-or-missidiocraticidiosyncraticiffyimmethodicalimpetuousimpulsiveincalculableinchoateincoherentinconsistentinconstantindecisiveindemonstrableindirectindiscriminateinfirmintermittentintermittingirregularirresoluteirresponsiblejaggedjerkykinkykookkookylabyrinthinelurchingmaggotymazymeanderingmeaninglessmercurialmisshapenmoodymotleymutable
Noun(1 words)
Related words (146)
nonconformistnonstandardnonsymmetricalnonsystematicnonuniformnutnuttyoddoddballorderlessout-of-the-wayoutlandishpatchypeculiarplanlesspluralisticpolysemouspromiscuousquaintqueer
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quicksilverquirkyraggedramblingrandomrecluserestlessroughroundaboutrovingscatterbrainedscrappyscrewballscrewysenselessserpentineshapelessshiftingshiftyshufflingsingularskepticalsnakysnatchyspasmaticspasmicspasmodicspasticspinelesssporadicspottystaggeringstragglingstragglystrangestrange duckstraystrayingsubnormalswervingsystemlesstouch-and-goturningtwistedtwistingunaccountableunarrangeduncertainunclassifiedunconfirmableuncontrolledunconventionalunconvinceduncouthundependableundirectedundisciplinedundivinableunequableunequalunevenunfixedunforeseeableungradedunjoinedunmethodicalunmetricalunnaturalunorderedunorganizedunorthodoxunpersuadedunpredictableunprovableunregularunrestrainedunrhythmicalunsettledunsortedunstableunstable as waterunstaidunsteadfastunsteadyunsureunsymmetricalunsystematicununiformunusualunverifiablevacillatevacillatingvagariousvagrantvaguevariablevariegatedvariformvariousvaryingveeringvicissitudinaryvicissitudinousvolatilewackywanderingwantonwaveringwaverywavywaywardweirdweirdowhimsicalwindingwishy washywishy-washywobblingwobblyzigzag
Adjective(4 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
10 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 21 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- անկայուն adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- անկանոն adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- անհաստատ adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
Bulgarian
2 entries- изменчив adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- непостоянен adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
Catalan
1 entries- erràtic adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
Cornish
1 entries- men gwandrus noun (rock)
Danish
4 entries- slingrende adj (deviating from normal opinions or actions)
- tilfældig adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- uberegnelig adj (deviating from normal opinions or actions)
- vandre noun (rock)
Dutch
1 entries- onregelmatig adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
Finnish
4 entries- ailahteleva adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- epäsäännöllinen adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- epätasainen adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- epävakaa adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
French
1 entries- erratique adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
German
4 entries- erratisch adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- erratisch adj (deviating from normal opinions or actions)
- gestört adj (deviating from normal opinions or actions)
- unregelmäßig adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
Greek
1 entries- αλλοπρόσαλλος adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
Hungarian
4 entries- bizarr adj (deviating from normal opinions or actions)
- bogaras adj (deviating from normal opinions or actions)
- egyenetlen adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- fura adj (deviating from normal opinions or actions)
Latin
1 entries- erraticus adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
Māori
4 entries- hikimoke adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- horehore adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- hārakiraki adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- ikimoke adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- flyttblokk noun (rock)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- flyttblokk noun (rock)
Portuguese
2 entries- errático adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- bloco errático noun (rock)
Russian
2 entries- неравномерный adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- нерегулярный adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- eratičan adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- iregularan adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- nekonzistentan adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- neravnomjeran adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
Spanish
4 entries- errático adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- inconstante adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- irregular adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- trastornado adj (deviating from normal opinions or actions)
Swedish
1 entries- flyttblock noun (rock)
Ukrainian
4 entries- дивни́й adj (deviating from normal opinions or actions)
- непослідо́вний adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- нестійки́й adj (unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent)
- чудерна́цький adj (deviating from normal opinions or actions)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Police are searching for an erratic driver believed to be involved in a fatal hit and run.
Source: tatoeba (3020236)
After he was released from the psychiatric hospital, Dan continued to suffer severe mood swings and erratic behavior.
Source: tatoeba (4028818)
Dan began an erratic sexual relationship with his youngest aunt, Linda.
Source: tatoeba (4028841)
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