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197 Fly-by-night

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197 Fly-by-night

(PW) unreliable, untrustworthy

I don’t want to buy my computer from that store.  It’s a fly-by-night company; they may not be in business next year.

 

(free) Informal, adj.

1. Unreliable or unscrupulous, especially with regard to business dealings: "fly-by-night telephone companies that open up shop, sell some systems, then disappear when service is needed" (Mary Ellen Jordan).

2. Of an impermanent or insubstantial nature: fly-by-night fashions in clothing.

 

n.

1. An unscrupulous or undependable person, especially one who leaves secretly without paying creditors.

2. Something of a shaky or impermanent nature.

 

1. unreliable or untrustworthy, esp in finance

2. brief; impermanent

 

n also fly-by-nighter

1. an untrustworthy person, esp one who departs secretly or by night to avoid paying debts

2. a person who goes out at night to places of entertainment

 

(MW) Function: noun  Date: 1822

1 : one that seeks to evade responsibilities and especially creditors by flight
2 : one without established reputation or standing; especially : a shaky business enterprise

 

(your) adjective

not trustworthy; esp., financially irresponsible

noun

a fly-by-night person; esp., a debtor who runs away to escape debts

 

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