flighty
Example Sentences
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Instead, the troubles stem from the firm’s big bet on technology lending, its heavy marketing of funds to individual investors—who tend to be flightier—and a series of missteps that snowballed out of control.
A smile thrown in her direction during a parade honoring a visiting king and his princess daughter, a marvelously flighty Miriam Hopkins, almost causes an international incident after the gesture is misinterpreted.
“You not some happy-go-lucky kid anymore. You one grown man. You a father. No can be flighty, go off anywhere you like. You need for provide Clara with stability.”
From Literature
He wasn’t a crazed football fan or a flighty 30-something bachelor, but an outdoorsman who loved mountain biking away from the city.
Undertaking a new challenge every few years can show employers you’re ambitious, but not flighty.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
