skittish

Example Sentences

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The Carrillo-Wicks bill is meant to push developers who are interested in off-site construction but skittish about its financial viability.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"Markets can look skittish or confused, but what they're really doing is managing event risk in real time, with oil sitting right at the centre of that."

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Equity investors have grown increasingly skittish about AI’s impact on companies once seen as beneficiaries of the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

One concern for SAP is that would-be customers have become a little more skittish in an uncertain geopolitical environment.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

They had always been skittish when the robot was near.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown