Meaning & use
flakey
Unreliable and prone to canceling plans or changing decisions without warning; informally undependable.
See it in a sentence
Their old roommate was so flakey that nobody counted on him to show up on time.
The pastry had a flakey crust that crumbled apart with each bite.
A note on using this word
Flakey is a variant spelling of 'flaky'; both describe an unreliable person or something that breaks into thin layers.
Words with a similar meaning
unreliableundependable
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