Flaky

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fleɪkiː/
• Rhymes: -eɪki

Origin

flake + -y ("having the quality of")

Alternative forms

• flakey

Full definition of flaky

Adjective

1. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
2. (informal, of a person) Unreliable; prone to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.Some of his friends were flaky.
3. (informal, of a thing) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; prone to cease functioning properly.
• 2011, September 16, Ben Dirs, Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan, Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line.
4. I cannot enjoy the online game because of my flaky Internet connection.