What part of speech is erratic?

Erratic can be categorized as an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. erratic is an adjective.

Inflections

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more erratic
    most erratic
  • Positive: erratic 
  • Comparative: more erratic
  • Superlative: most erratic

Adjective to adverb

What does erratic mean?

Definitions

Adjective

erratic - liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"
erratic - likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster
erratic - having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"

Noun

erratic - A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.
erratic - Anything that has erratic characteristics.

Examples of erratic

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Erratic behavior.
2. adj. Erratic winds are the bane of a sailor.
3. adj. An erratic comet.
4. adj. The history of alcoholism and possibly other drug use is a key issue because it not only speaks to Bush's character as an addictive personality, but may tell us something about his erratic and alarming actions as president.
5. adj. GOODWYN: According to Archibald, Mr. Bush would also sometimes tell stories about his days at Yale in New Haven, and how whenever he got pulled over for erratic driving, he was let go after the officers discovered he was the grandson of a Connecticut US senator.
6. adj. We had to lessen the impact of the erratic supplies.
7. adj. Police are searching for an erratic driver believed to be involved in a fatal hit and run.
8. adj. After he was released from the psychiatric hospital, Dan continued to suffer severe mood swings and erratic behavior.
9. adj. Dan began an erratic sexual relationship with his youngest aunt, Linda.
10. adj. Share prices have been erratic this last month.
11. adj. He is erratic.
12. adj. Mary was troubled by Tom's erratic behavior.
13. adj. Fadil became so erratic that his wife decided to leave him.
14. adj. Fadil's behavior was becoming more controlling and erratic.
15. adj. Sami was confused by Layla's erratic behavior.
Sentence  
adj.
Erratic behavior.
Erratic winds are the bane of a sailor.
An erratic comet.
The history of alcoholism and possibly other drug use is a key issue because it not only speaks to Bush's character as an addictive personality, but may tell us something about his erratic and alarming actions as president.
GOODWYN: According to Archibald, Mr. Bush would also sometimes tell stories about his days at Yale in New Haven, and how whenever he got pulled over for erratic driving, he was let go after the officers discovered he was the grandson of a Connecticut US senator.
We had to lessen the impact of the erratic supplies.
Police are searching for an erratic driver believed to be involved in a fatal hit and run.
After he was released from the psychiatric hospital, Dan continued to suffer severe mood swings and erratic behavior.
Dan began an erratic sexual relationship with his youngest aunt, Linda.
Share prices have been erratic this last month.
He is erratic.
Mary was troubled by Tom's erratic behavior.
Fadil became so erratic that his wife decided to leave him.
Fadil's behavior was becoming more controlling and erratic.
Sami was confused by Layla's erratic behavior.

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