temperamental

One lift has been out of order for a week and the other is "temperamental", residents said.

Also, while I’m usually a brown butter devotee, it’s too temperamental here.

"We have two cats and one of them is a bit temperamental with me, like one minute she's all right, next minute she absolutely hates me," he told police.

But as she starts to bond with the massive, temperamental animal, Iris realizes that Apollo echoes many of the conflicting qualities she associated with Walter: demanding, impossible, achingly soulful.

"He was definitely a lot more aggravated, a lot more temperamental, very edgy," he said.