Capricious (7 letters)

{ Answer }

ERRATIC

{ Related Clues }

Inconsistent
Irregular
Mercurial
Spotty
Undependable
Unpredictable
Unsteady
Wandering
Hit or miss
Irregular; queer
Lacking consistency
Not constant
All over the place

{ Tags }

all, capricious, consistency, constant, erratic, hit, inconsistent, irregular, lacking, mercurial, miss, not, over, place, queer, spotty, undependable, unpredictable, unsteady, wandering

{ Notes }

The answer ERRATIC is uncommon, appearing about once every 600 puzzles.

{ Definition }

ERRATIC as an adjective:

1. (erratic, planetary, wandering) = having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"

2. (erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver) = 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"

3. (erratic, temperamental) = 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