temperamental
tem·pe·ra·mental
adjective
1.
relating to or caused by temperament
- “temperamental indifference to neatness”
- “temperamental peculiarities”
3.
likely to perform unpredictably
- “erratic winds are the bane of a sailor”
- “a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn”
- “;”
Origin
From temperament + -al.
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