1. consisting of or breaking easily into flakes
2. unreliable or eccentric in behavior
Usage: informal

Examples

• The flakey pastry crumbled in my hands.
• Her flakey skin needed moisturizer.
• The paint was old and flakey.
• He’s too flakey to count on for important projects.
• She has a flakey personality that makes her hard to predict.
• The flakey pie crust was perfectly golden.
• Don’t be so flakey about making plans.