Vocabulary
Erratic
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.
Urdu meaning
غیر یقینی، ڈانواڈول، سرگرداں
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The rest swung from parched to flooded, confirming a trend of erratic flows now in its sixth year.
- As meltwater declines, Pakistan`s dependence on erratic monsoons will deepen.
- This means more frequent heatwaves, erratic weather, glacial lake outburst floods and riverine and pluvial floods.
- While the latter phenomenon has indeed contributed to erratic weather patterns, global warming alone is not the key culprit responsible for Karachi`s rain-related plight by now, a grim annual spectacle as soon as the monsoon clouds arrive.
- Scientists have long warned that climate change is making Pakistan`s monsoons more erratic, cloudbursts more violent, and glacier melt more destructive.
Synonyms
unpredictable, inconsistent, changeable, variable, inconstant, uncertain, irregular
Antonyms
predictable, consistent
Curator example
“her breathing was erratic”
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