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adjective

erratic

not even or regular in pattern; unpredictable

In a sentence

Six example sentences with erratic, each labelled with its topic.

  • His free throw stroke turned erratic in March, dropping from ninety percent to barely six of every ten.

    Basketball

  • Erratic trading in the final hour left the closing price three percent above where the whole afternoon had sat.

    Finance

  • The probe returned erratic temperature readings, and engineers traced the fault to a cable rubbing against a heated panel.

    Science

  • Sleep-deprived subjects showed erratic attention, answering quickly for a minute and then missing three cues in a row.

    Psychology

  • Rainfall in the valley has become erratic, with a month's total sometimes arriving in one afternoon.

    Environment

  • The drummer's erratic tempo dragged the ballad and rushed the chorus, so the producer switched to a click track.

    Music

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