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erratic

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1. erratic - Noun

2. erratic - Adjective

3. erratic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars.

Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct.

Irregular; changeable.

One who deviates from common and accepted opinions; one who is eccentric or preserve in his intellectual character.

A rogue.

Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself. Julia Cameron

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world. John Updike

I don't think women should be in any government job whatever. I mean, I really don't. The reason why I do is mainly because they are erratic and emotional. Richard Nixon

There can be no assumption that today's majority is "right" and the Amish and others like them are "wrong." A way of life that is odd or even erratic but interferes with no rights or interests of others is not to be condemned because it is different. Warren E. Burger

Mary had a little lamb, its fleece electrostatic / And everywhere Mary went, the lights became erratic. David Foster Wallace

My first outdoor cooking memories are full of erratic British summers, Dad swearing at a barbecue that he couldn't put together, and eventually eating charred sausages, feeling brilliant. Jamie Oliver

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