erratic

Preposition: at

time: The learning curve can be a little erratic at times, however.

Adjective modifier

glacial: In the lower lying alpine most of the caves have been scoured away or filled in with glacial erratics.

Modifies a noun

• boulder: Samson's putting stone - a glacial erratic boulder can be seen up on the hillside to the right.
• rainfall: The maize harvest fell by 32 per cent due to erratic rainfall during the agricultural season.
• behavior: The positive impact of foreign aid is limited by the erratic behavior of aid flows.
• behavior: Having the lid on the wrong way round results in very erratic behavior!
• display: I have not yet discovered a suitable solution to the erratic display of this data.
• spelling: He may than sequence his records by this entry rather than by the original erratic spelling.

Modifying Another Word

• somewhat: How Jacqui puts up with my somewhat erratic working practices, I don't know!
• increasingly: Against: Increasingly erratic, Sir Alex has been known to throw the odd boot in his time.
• rather: Wrote a rather erratic account of Prices first visit.
• sometimes: In fact, our only major gripe would be a sometimes erratic camera.
• extremely: Climate Can be extremely erratic these are very small islands in a very big ocean.
• quite: By this time things had calmed down quite a lot and my contractions had become quite erratic, I was feeling pretty low.

Infinitive complement

• germinate: Keep moist, shade from direct sunlight, slow and erratic to germinate.
• say: Results of late have been erratic to say the least ending with last nights fightback to win at QPR.

Used with adjective complement

• become: At the same time, the monthly hormonal cycle becomes more erratic.
• remain: Inspectors ' reports were full of praise; however, attendance remained erratic.
• appear: With the exception of certain cations, changes in available mineral nutrient levels appeared erratic.
• seem: Its handling seemed erratic, so we kept a lookout.