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Wayward

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Adjective

1. contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward

resistant to guidance or discipline

Example Sentences:
'Mary Mary quite contrary'
'an obstinate child with a violent temper'
'a perverse mood'
'wayward behavior'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wayward

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adjective
1. 
wanting to have one's own way regardless of the wishes or good of others
2. 
capricious, erratic, or unpredictable

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Wayward

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adjective
1. 
insistent upon having one's own way, contrary to others' advice, wishes, or orders; headstrong, willful, disobedient, delinquent, etc.
2. 
conforming to no fixed rule or pattern; unpredictable; irregular; capricious; erratic
3.  Archaic
unwanted or unexpected
wayward fate

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Wayward

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adj.
1. Deviating from what is desired, expected, or required, especially in being disobedient or in gratifying one's own inclinations: "a teacher taking pains with a wayward but promising child" (George Orwell).
2. Difficult or impossible to manage, control, or keep in order: a wayward strand of hair.
3. Going somewhere not intended or desired: a wayward golf shot; a wayward courier.
4. Following no clear pattern; unpredictable: "events that were often thought to be wayward, capricious, and inexplicable" (Marq de Villiers).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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