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flaky
adjective
inattentive, distracted, unreliable US, 1959
Partridge suggested a connection between the adjective and cocaine, which was “flaky” in nature.- — Zander Hollander, Baseball Lingo, p. 53, 1967
- But if I begin to sense that she won’t because she’s flaky or immature, then I try to get as much money as I can before she blows. — Susan Hall, Gentleman of Leisure, p. 8, 1972
- “She’s a good kid, but flaky.” “Well, nobody says you got to talk to ’em.” — Elmore Leonard, Split Images, p. 175, 1981
- He’s flaky, but you might want to question him. — Robert Crais, L.A. Requiem, p. 74, 1999
- If you’re a flatliner (a person with a flat mobile phone battery), you’re flaky. — The Times Magazine, 21 June 2003
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