Local English word record

temperamental

adjective · 3 senses

likely to perform unpredictably- Osbert Lancaster

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Examples

  • 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

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Synonyms

erratic

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