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Meanings of temperamental in anglès

Likely to perform unpredictably; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"

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Subject to sharply varying moods.

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Examples for "erratic"
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But opponents blame the government's erratic energy policies for the energy gap.
The Guardian
2
However, erratic compliance with the prescription may also add to this finding.
Pubmed
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Taylor has offered repeated apologies for his erratic behaviour in recent years.
Reuters
4
Although your magic is erratic, you possess a great deal of it.
The Water Witch
5
The lift in my building was erratic at the best of times.
The World According to Bob

Temperamental.

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Usage of temperamental in anglès
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The following year bought a temperamental Italian bottling line they named Mimi.
Wired
2
But as Roddick said: People think of Marat and they think temperamental.
The Guardian
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But it's a temperamental standard that requires a precisely prepared water sample.
Wired
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Evidently, the duenna stood in considerable awe of her temperamental young mistress.
The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border
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One could never be certain with Bobolito; he was a temperamental puppet.
Tomato rhapsody: a fable of love, lust and forbidden fruit
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The temperamental P-1s have been operating at far less than full capacity.
Reuters
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But he was also mystified by Kellar's success with the temperamental illusion.
Hiding the Elephant
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Lachestia was unquestionably the most temperamental and unpredictable of all Demogorgon's children.
The curse of deadman's forest
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The subjective side of politics, also the temperamental side, here found expression.
Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Spri...
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Finally, we did not want the dough to be sticky or temperamental.
The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
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This was not only from temperamental reasons: there was an official obstacle.
John Redmond's Last Years
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They competed on heavy fixed-wheel bikes with temperamental brakes and no lights.
Radio NZ
13
The airedale himself is not a good trailer, he is too temperamental.
Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
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To temperamental pairing, he declared, the century owed its breed of decadents.
The Pool in the Desert
15
But a temperamental difference, temperament being immutable, is the parent of hate.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
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George is a temperamental aesthete with little to do but pursue pleasure.
The new yorker
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