We had to lessen the impact of the erratic supplies.
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Erratic
/ɪˈɹætɪk/
Synonyms for "erratic" (389 found)
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Closest matches (78)
aberrantaberrativeabnormaladriftafloatagnosticaimlessalternatingambiguousamorphousanomalisticanomalousarbitrarybizarrebrokencapriciouscareeningcasualcatchychancy
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changeablechangefulchangingcharacterchoppycircuitouscrackpotcrankcrankishcrankycrazycrotchetycuriouscurvingdepartingdesultorydeviabledeviantdeviatingdeviativedeviatorydeviousdiceydifferentdigressivedirectionlessdisarticulateddisconnecteddiscontinuousdiscursivedisjunctdisordereddisorderlydisperseddisproportionatedivagatorydivaricatedivergentdiversifieddiversiformdizzydottydoubtful
Adjective(14 words)
annual irregularbehavioral inconsistencybumpiestcapriciouschaotic approachchaotic dynamicschaotic environmentschaotic methodchaotic processchaotic routinechaotic servicechaotic societydisordered studydisorganized routine
Noun(1 words)
chaotic arrangement
Strong matches (117)
doubtingdubiouseccentricequivocaleroseerrantexceptionalexcursiveextraordinaryfantasticfast and loosefeyficklefitfulflakeflakyflickeringflightyflittingfluctuant
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fluctuatingfoolishformlessfreakfreakishfrivolousfunnygiddygratuitousgutteringhaltinghaphazardherky-jerkyhesitanthesitatingheterocliteheteromorphichit-or-missidiocraticidiosyncraticiffyimmethodicalimpetuousimpulsiveincalculableinchoateincoherentinconsistentinconstantindecisiveindemonstrableindirectindiscriminateinfirmintermittentintermittingirregularirresoluteirresponsiblejaggedjerkykinkykookkookylabyrinthinelurchingmaggotymazymeanderingmeaninglessmercurialmisshapenmoodymotley
Noun(8 words)
Adjective(29 words)
extreme weather variabilityficklefluctuating outputflukeyflukyhabitual inconsistencyhaphazard efforthaphazard methodhigh unpredictabilityinconsistentinconsistent behaviorinconsistent conductinconsistent issueinconsistent pacinginconsistent resultsinconsistent routinesinconsistent specificationsintermittent productionirregularirregular day
Related words (194)
mutablenonconformistnonstandardnonsymmetricalnonsystematicnonuniformnutnuttyoddoddballorderlessout-of-the-wayoutlandishpatchypeculiarplanetaryplanlesspluralisticpolysemouspromiscuous
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quaintqueerquirkyraggedramblingrandomrecluserestlessroughroundaboutrovingscatterbrainedscrappyscrewballscrewysenselessserpentineshapelessshiftingshiftyshufflingsingularskepticalsnakysnatchyspasmaticspasmicspasmodicspasticspinelesssporadicspottystaggeringstragglingstragglystrangestrange duckstraystrayingsubnormalswervingsystemlesstouch-and-goturningtwistedtwistingunaccountableunarrangeduncertainunclassifiedunconfirmableuncontrolledunconventionalunconvinceduncouthundependableundirectedundisciplinedundivinableunequableunequalunevenunfixedunforeseeableungradedunjoinedunmethodicalunmetricalunnaturalunorderedunorganizedunorthodoxunpersuadedunpredictableunprovableunregularunreliableunrestrainedunrhythmicalunsettledunsortedunstableunstable as waterunstaidunsteadfastunsteadyunsureunsymmetricalunsystematicununiformunusualunverifiablevacillatevacillatingvagariousvagrantvaguevariablevariegatedvariformvariousvaryingveeringvicissitudinaryvicissitudinousvolatilewackywanderingwantonwaveringwaverywavywaywardweirdweirdowhimsicalwindingwishy washywishy-washywobblingwobblyzigzag
Noun(9 words)
Adjective(42 words)
offbeatplanetaryquick-changingquicksilverrandom activityrandom fluctuationrandom languagerandom motionrandom resultrandom text samplerandom weatherscattered attentionspikiersporadic interruptionssporadic recordstreakyswingytemperamentaluncertainuncontrolled hormone effect
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uneven crop schedulingunpatterned behaviorunpredictableunpredictable conductunpredictable outcomesunpredictiveunreliable datasetunreliable memoryunrhythmicunstable influenceunstable structureunstable systemunsteadiestunsteadyunsystematic notesvaryingwanderingwavering notewild throwwobbliestwonkierwonky
Verb(1 words)
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More general
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6 entrieserratic attendanceerratic performanceerratic test resultsirregular schedulesporadic movementunsteady pace
Collocations
6 entrieserratic behaviorerratic drivingerratic handwritingerratic paceerratic scheduleerratic weather
Inflections
2 entriesmore erraticmost erratic
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
5 entriesSample 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.
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