"temperamental" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more temperamental [comparative], most temperamental [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛntəl Etymology: temperament + -al Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|temperament|al}} temperament + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} temperamental (comparative more temperamental, superlative most temperamental)
  1. (not comparable) Of, related to, or caused by temperament. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-temperamental-en-adj-T4QsbW5U
  2. Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious. Translations (emotional or moody, inconsistent): temperamentsfuld (Danish), temperamenttinen (Finnish), oikutteleva (Finnish), caractériel (French), и́збувлив (ízbuvliv) (Macedonian), темпераме́нтен (temperaménten) (Macedonian), hārakiraki (Maori), hūkokikoki (Maori), temperamentsfull (Norwegian Bokmål), temperamentsfull (Norwegian Nynorsk), temperamental [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-temperamental-en-adj-8x0iM5ba Disambiguation of 'emotional or moody, inconsistent': 6 77 17
  3. (of a machine or of software, figuratively) User-unfriendly, unstable, that is complicated or has poorly written instructions and is subsequently difficult to operate. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Emotions, Personality
    Sense id: en-temperamental-en-adj-i6~UUv6Q Disambiguation of Emotions: 9 35 57 Disambiguation of Personality: 5 35 60 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 25 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 15 35 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: temperamentally

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