flaky
Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
Other meanings
Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction.
“I cannot enjoy the online game because of my flaky Internet connection.”
Related words
- flakily
- flakiness
- flaky pastry
- nonflaky
- unflaky
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “flaky” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.