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temperamental
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adjective (a)
- relating to or caused by temperament(adj.pert)Example:
Temperamental indifference to neatness.
Temperamental peculiarities.
source: wordnet30 - Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional.(adjective)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- subject to sharply varying moods(adj.all)Example:
A temperamental opera singer.
source: wordnet30 - likely to perform unpredictably(adj.all)Example:
A temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't.
That beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute.
source: wordnet30
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