The Clue
Capricious (7 letter answer)
The Answer
ERRATIC
Tags
Notes
The answer ERRATIC is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 600 puzzles.
Related Clues
Inconsistent
Irregular
Mercurial
Spotty
Undependable
Unpredictable
Unsteady
Wandering
Hit or miss
Irregular; queer
Lacking consistency
Not constant
All over the place
Definition
ERRATIC as an adjective:
1. (erratic, planetary, wandering) = having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"
2. (erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver) = liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"
3. (erratic, temperamental) = 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