TEMPERAMENTAL as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • likely to perform unpredictably
    • sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn”t”
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    • erratic winds are the bane of a sailor
    • a temperamental motor
    • that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute- Osbert Lancaster
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  2. Meaning
    • subject to sharply varying moods
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • a temperamental opera singer
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  3. Meaning
    • relating to or caused by temperament
    Usage Example(s)
    • temperamental indifference to neatness
    • temperamental peculiarities
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