Some plants may be temperamental and not perform well if they are given too much or too little water.    From LearnThat.org. 

temperamental indifference to neatness.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

A temperamental opera singer.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

There, he became known as a temperamental experimentalist, obsessive and fearless.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

And yet there is a certain temperamental similarity, evident enough now, though it would not have been so a dozen years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inside the Whale] Reference

Mannie was what is known as a temperamental buyer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emma McChesney and Co.] Reference

And you were what you would call a temperamental comic.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2009] Reference

CZ: You have been called temperamental, eccentric and tempestuous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Patricia Zohn: Off the C(H)uff: Zaha Hadid and Her MAXXI Museum in Rome] Reference

One set of errors are what might be called temperamental errors, i.e., excessive domination by a given passion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-02-01] Reference

The selectors also recalled temperamental fast Sri Lanka starting November 16 was announced in Mumbai on Tuesday.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to International Emmys to honor David Frost] Reference

BEHAR: I remember you from the old days of "Catch a Rising Star," and you were what you would call a temperamental comic.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2009] Reference

Yaks are known to be temperamental, which is why I gave them plenty of respect even as I clamored closer for photographs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lukla To Phakding » Dave Brosha Photography] Reference

BEHAR: You are a very -- I remember you from the old days of "Catch a Rising Star." you were what you would call a temperamental comic.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2009] Reference

And you were what you call a temperamental comic.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2009] Reference

These include what are commonly called the hysterical or over-emotional, or "temperamental" types.    From Wordnik.com.  [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference

In fact, he engaged in the exact kind of temperamental outburst one doesn't want to see in a president during, say, a Cuban Missile Crisis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mark Green: RudyWatch II: On Arafat, Is Giuliani a "Leader" or a "Hothead"?] Reference

TransLink has received many reports of the machines being 'temperamental'.    From Wordnik.com.  [News1130.com] Reference

WC referees learn English swear words to keep check on 'temperamental' Rooney.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference

"I am a man who has been called temperamental, vindictive, foul-mouthed and mean.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Stories - Google News] Reference

"temperamental," by every indication of her physiognomy, for such complete self-control.    From Wordnik.com.  [Under the Skylights] Reference

Earlier versions of the touch were a bit temperamental.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert J. Elisberg: The Writers Workbench: iPod Touch] Reference

In contrast, my answering machine is highly temperamental.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nature Of Things] Reference

He has not the temperamental apparatus that works in that way.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life Radiant] Reference

Poet von Hofmannsthal was Viennese, sensitive and temperamental.    From Wordnik.com.  [Strauss Lyricist's Family Sues for Opera Royalties] Reference

Van Gogh and those guys back then were temperamental and moody, but so what?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lucinda Straight Up] Reference

But temperamental Congress president is now pushing defectors back into his arms.    From Wordnik.com.  [PERISCOPE] Reference

There was the temperamental donkey and there was the donkey who acted like he was high.    From Wordnik.com.  [NEWSMAKERS] Reference

Fragile, temperamental, tricky: why would the home baker want to attempt making macarons?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jamie Schler: Macaron Madness] Reference

Think of elegant but temperamental Italian sports cars or the unique but eccentric French Citroens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pontiac G8: It came from a land down under] Reference

At a temperamental level, the president has almost no ability to accept blame or learn from mistakes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fishing for a Way to Change the World] Reference

Like an expensive but temperamental sports car, the human spine is beautifully designed and maddeningly unreliable.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Back Debate] Reference

But it turns out that dealing with Merrill's temperamental clients perfectly prepared Faneuil for the attacks in court.    From Wordnik.com.  [A DIVA IN DISTRESS] Reference

Vice President Dan Quayle called him a "temperamental tycoon who has contempt for the Constitution of the United States.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Ground War Begins] Reference

But for Baryshnikov, after the pressures of maintaining a huge, temperamental ballet company, life in White Oak is a picnic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Just Follow The Feet] Reference

Fifty years ago, government planners considered them little more than a swamp that suffered bouts of temperamental flooding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letting The Water Run Into 'Big Sugar's' Bowl] Reference

Though they come across on television as more alike than any presidential ticket in memory, they are temperamental opposites.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gore: Playing Second Fiddle] Reference

The talented 29-year-old is as well known for his prolific songwriting as he is for his temperamental and twitchy public persona.    From Wordnik.com.  [Just Don't Call Him Bryan Adams. It's Ryan, Punk.] Reference