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Academic English #36. temperamental: moody, unpredictable

New Hair Institute · 김진오의 뉴헤어 프로젝트 · July 30, 2025

temperamental is used to describe a person, machine, or system that is sensitive and difficult to handle, or that fluctuates depending on mood or condition. It is often used in aca...

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Clinic: New Hair Institute

Original post date: July 30, 2025

Translated at: April 25, 2026 at 8:23 AM

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temperamental is used to describe a person, machine, or system that is sensitive and difficult to handle, or that fluctuates depending on mood or condition.

It is often used in academic or research presentations to convey the nuance that a specific piece of equipment or experimental condition is unpredictable and hard to manage.

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Three example sentences

  • This equipment is difficult to handle because it tends to stop in the middle of experiments. This equipment is quite temperamental and tends to stop working during experiments.

  • The high-power laser we used is sensitive and requires careful adjustment every time. The high-power laser we used is temperamental and requires fine adjustment every time.

  • Since the update, this analysis software has become more sensitive, and errors occur frequently. Since the update, this analysis software has been temperamental and frequently produces errors.

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