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flaky

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flaky - (Or "flakey") Subject to frequent lossage. This use is of course related to the common slang use of the word to describe a person as eccentric, crazy, or just unreliable. A system that is flaky is working, sort of - enough that you are tempted to try to use it - but fails frequently enough that the odds in favour of finishing what you start are low. Commonwealth hackish prefers dodgy.
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And he himself brought her the golden-brown bouillon, in a dainty Sevres cup, with a flaky cracker or two on the saucer.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
Witness the white bear of the poles, and the white shark of the tropics; what but their smooth, flaky whiteness makes them the transcendent horrors they are?
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
A sweep of chilly air passed by, rustling all the leaves and snow- ing the flaky ashes broadcast about the fire.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
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