flaky

Meaning

1. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
2. (informal) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
3. (informal) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction.

Synonyms

flakey

eccentric

freaky

wacky

bizarre

lamellar

foliated

outlandish

freakish

gonzo

schistose

off-the-wall

strange

outre

scaly

odd

light

offbeat

outrageous

peculiar

plate

scabby

scurfy

short

slaty

stratified

tabular

undependable

unreliable

unusual

vague

weird

whacky

woolly

lamellate

schistic

slabby

lanose

crazy

crisp

crispy

crunchy

curious

downy

flake

flakiness

fleecy

flocculated

fluffy

forlorn

helpless

kinky

laminar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfleɪkiː/

Etymology

From flake + -y.