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erratic

adjective
  1. Without a fixed or regular course: devious, stray, wandering. See purpose
  2. Lacking consistency or regularity in quality or performance: inconsistent, patchy, spotty, uneven, unsteady, variable. See continue, same
  3. Following no predictable pattern: capricious, changeable, fantastic, fantastical, fickle, freakish, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, temperamental, ticklish, uncertain, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile, whimsical. See change, continue
  4. Deviating from the customary: bizarre, cranky, curious, eccentric, freakish, idiosyncratic, odd, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, singular, strange, unnatural, unusual, weird. Slang: kooky, screwball. British Slang: rum, rummy 2. See usual

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