wayward

1. Given to a wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray.

   eigenwillig, eigensinnig, launisch

2. Obstinate, contrary and unpredictable.

   widerspenstig, unberechenbar, ungeraten

   своенравныйsvojenravnyj

3. Not on target.

   ziellos

1. The father had trouble communicating with his wayward son.

   deEs fiel dem Vater schwer, sich mit seinem eigensinnigen Sohn zu verständigen. — al_ex_an_der

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2. She has a wayward streak that worries her parents.

   deSie hat eine launische Seite, die ihren Eltern Sorgen macht. — Yorwba

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3. Fancies are like shadows . . . you can't cage them, they're such wayward, dancing things.

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4. The wayward son has returned.

   ruБлудный сын вернулся. — fizdyuk

   deDer verlorene Sohn ist zurück. — carlosalberto

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5. Gradlon, as is so often the case with pious men, had a wayward child, the princess Dahut.

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