ERRATICS Synonyms

• liable to sudden unpredictable change

• having no fixed course

• likely to perform unpredictably

• contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice

• (used of the military) not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces

• (of solids) not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement

• a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

• merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name

• not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals

• failing to meet a standard of manufacture due to an imperfection

• deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal

• lacking continuity or regularity

• (of a surface or shape); not level or flat or symmetrical

• independent in behavior or thought

• having a sharply uneven surface or outline

• having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed

• having or caused by an irregular surface

• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• not quite exact or correct

• full of hardship or trials

• violently agitated and turbulent

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• not carefully or expertly made

• not perfected

• unpleasantly stern

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

• the act of moving from one place to another

• continuously varying

• changing position or direction

• (of soil) unstable

• still in doubt

• not settled or established

• subject to change

• not yet settled

• lacking stability or fixity or firmness

• highly or violently reactive

• affording no ease or reassurance

• suffering from severe mental illness

• disposed to psychological variability

• subject to change; variable

• subject to change or variation

• not firmly or solidly positioned

• marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments

• liable to sudden unpredictable change

• relating to or containing or caused by mercury

• relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury

• relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury

• liable to sudden unpredictable change

• of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets

• of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants

• having no fixed course

• involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

• a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

• liable to sudden unpredictable change

• relating to or caused by temperament

• subject to sharply varying moods

• likely to perform unpredictably

• travelling about without any clear destination

• migratory

• of a path e.g.

• having no fixed course