flaky
Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪki/
The English word “flaky” has 3 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
- Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
- Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction.
Etymology
From flake + -y.
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