temperamental
Example Sentences
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Shockley was a heavy-handed, temperamental and capricious manager.
From Los Angeles Times
Padma poetically says, "From pilau to paella to tahdig, rice can be temperamental," which most certainly sums up both the pros and cons of rice at large.
From Salon
Her Diana was temperamental, petty and crass, but ultimately winning.
From New York Times
Their grandfather, a high-ranking commander in the Soviet military, was temperamental and belligerent and possibly mentally ill, Kravchenko said.
From New York Times
Models based on continua, such as the intensity of the individual's experienced trauma and invalidation, genetic and temperamental vulnerability, etcetera, may be more accurate and useful.
From Scientific American
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