All 6 Uses
erratic
in
Flowers for Algernon -- Novel
(Edited)
- When someone from the audience asked Burt if he was suggesting that this erratic behavior was directly caused by increased intelligence, Burt ducked the question.
p. 158.5erratic = irregular or unpredictable
- It is possible that both the increased intelligence and the erratic behavior at this level were created by the original surgery, instead of one being a function of the other.
p. 158.7
- It's also possible that this erratic behavior is unique to Algernon.
p. 158.8
- But, as Burt pointed out at the convention, his behavior is erratic.
p. 188.9
- Algernon's behavior is becoming erratic again.
p. 214.1 *
- When he found himself moving along the unfamiliar path, he slowed down, and his actions became erratic: start, pause, double back, turn around and then forward again, until finally he was in the cul-de-sac that informed him with a mild shock that he had made a mistake.
p. 239.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(erratic) irregular or unpredictable
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)