erratic
adjective
uk
/ɪˈræt.ɪk/ us
/ɪˈræt̬.ɪk/Meaning of erratic in English
(Definition of erratic from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
erratic | American Dictionary
erratic
adjective
us
/ɪˈræt̬·ɪk/erratic | Business English
erratic
adjective
uk
/ɪˈrætɪk/ us
Examples of erratic
erratic
Imports of raw cotton only gradually took up the slack-and then only in quite erratic fashion.
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One arose from strong vortex motions near the trailing edge of a device, and the other arose from erratic cross-stream movements of the flow pattern.
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The mode amplitude eventually settles into a train of erratic oscillations.
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For instance, the arrival of car-carrying ships is erratic and difficult to predict.
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In general, both voiced and voiceless obstruents favor glide absence; where this is not the case, the pattern is erratic.
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Here the concrete system was a radar circuit that exhibited erratic relaxation oscillations.
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Other people may have more erratic growth records with their data points scattered widely from the underlying true trajectory.
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The output-money models are only slightly better than the univariate models, and their event-probability forecasts from the late eighties onward are erratic.
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Variability over time in the same individual looks erratic in some cases or inversely, looks as regular increase or decrease for weeks.
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The difficulties in sustaining these initiatives due to staff turnover, and erratic fiscal and medical support are highlighted.
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More importantly the weather becomes more erratic, increasing the risk of summer droughts and harvest failures.
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Erratic choice non-deterministically chooses one if its arguments before evaluating the arguments.
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The differences between middle and basal derived setts were erratic.
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These erratic eye movements cause retinal slips providing motion signals that are directionally unbiased on the time scale of the control loop (;100 ms).
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Votes on different issues are not uncorrelated; some coherence is ensured by ideology, which eliminates a large number of completely erratic combinations.
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düzensiz, değişken, kararsız…
irrégulier, fantasque…
onregelmatig…
nestálý, nespolehlivý…
uregelmæssig, tilfældig…
tidak tetap…
ไม่แน่ไม่นอน…
thất thường…
nieobliczalny, niekonsekwentny, nieregularny…
ojämn, oregelbunden, nyckfull…
tidak menentu…
unstet…
ujevn, uregelmessig, uberegnelig…
чудний, розпорошений…
неустойчивый, беспорядочный…
