temperamental
Example Sentences
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Netflix has appealed to investors over the past decade precisely because it has been able to focus on streaming without the baggage of managing a declining cable-TV business and dealing with a temperamental theatrical market.
She said when there are two temperamental personalities together "there is going to be an explosion".
From BBC
That faucet was very temperamental, had been for years, and no amount of pleading with the super had gotten him to come and fix it.
From Literature
The temperamental 2022 Wimbledon finalist, one of tennis's most dynamic players when at the top of his game, makes his comeback at the season-opening Brisbane International.
From Barron's
Nonetheless, today they rank as one of Egypt’s most important—if temperamental—food crops.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
