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flakiness

flakiness

1 8.4
A tendency to be unreliable and change plans suddenly
  • noun
  • /ˈfleɪkɪnəs/
  • Offensive
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  • Anyone who considers nature only in terms of control and not in terms of understanding easily falls victim to superstition (Charlotte reminds us that "You know, Voltaire believed in astrology") and we have to add Des's thought that Charlotte is infected with Hampshire flakiness.

Examples

  • Ron Paul, for all his flakiness, has been at this game a while and he knows how dirty the Jews play.

    Blog text (31)

  • As for flakiness, it's nice, but isn't it a tad overrated?

    Blog text (15)

  • Or maybe they got confirmation of her flakiness.

    Blog text (24)

  • This administration is getting a reputation for flakiness, and I don't like it.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • "Texting is lazy, and it encourages and promotes flakiness," Mr. Cohen said.

    Blog text (23)

  • This in-between place has an atmosphere that allows superficiality to flourish and flakiness to function as a standard operating procedure.

    Blog text (34)

  • I expect the woman to have all the melodrama, childish behavior, flakiness, crocodile tears, love for bad boys, naivete, self-importance, and snarkiness all out of her system.

    Blog text (1)

  • Her constant late arrivals and changes in plans showed a level of flakiness that frustrated her friends.

  • The comedian's charm was overshadowed by his notorious flakiness, making it hard for venues to book him.

  • Many baseball fans also believe that lefty players display a certain endearing flakiness.

Synonyms

craziness
vsflakiness
68 4.2

Very wild or foolish behavior, sometimes caused by problems in the mind

is milder and emphasizes odd unreliability as informal slang
screwiness
vsflakiness
  • Informal
1 8.0

A strange way of behaving that is often funny or surprising

focuses more on unreliability and mental instability rather than playful oddness

Antonyms

stability
363 3.1

Being steady and not likely to change

reliability
60 3.5

A person or thing you can trust to work well every time

How Stable

reliability
60 3.5
stability
363 3.1
flakiness
  • Offensive
1 8.4
instability
114 5.1

Surface Forms

flakiness singular
flakinesses plural

Morphology

flakiness = flaky (semi-transparent) = flake + y + ness

The noun is formed by the standard adjective -> noun derivation with '-ness' (flaky -> flakiness).

Etymology

Flakiness comes from the simple word flake, a small, thin piece like a 'snowflake' or a bit of paint that comes off. By image, a 'flake' can be someone whose plans or promises 'fall away', so flakiness means being unreliable, odd, or not steady.