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TEMPERAMENTAL
erratic, temperamental
(adjective) 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
moody, temperamental
(adjective) subject to sharply varying moods; “a temperamental opera singer”
temperamental
(adjective) relating to or caused by temperament; “temperamental indifference to neatness”; “temperamental peculiarities”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
temperamental (comparative more temperamental, superlative most temperamental)
(notcomp) Of, related to, or caused by temperament.
Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious; sometimes used figuratively to describe user-unfriendly or unstable machines or software that are either complicated and/or have poorly written instructions and are subsequently difficult to operate.
Source: Wiktionary
Tem`per*a*men"tal, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
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