FLAKINESS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

flakiness

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Definition of flakiness

as in eccentricity

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Recent Examples of flakiness Women were complaining of redness, flakiness, or peeling with the use of tretinoin, a retinoid that promotes collagen synthesis and elastin renewal. — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 23 June 2026 Salt bread is croissant-esque in taste and form, but is not laminated, or repeatedly folding dough with layers of butter, which creates the croissant’s hallmark flakiness. — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Feb. 2026 Others mistakenly describe these acts as flakiness, disobedience, laziness, or personal failure in the absence of context. — Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026 Chronic flakiness changes the emotional temperature of a friendship surprisingly quickly, says Miriam Kirmayer, a clinical psychologist in Montreal who specializes in adult friendships. — Angela Haupt, Time, 21 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for flakiness

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Noun

Director Craig Gillespie — whose impressive filmography has included I Tonya, Lars & The Real Girl, Pam & Tommy and Cruella — has proved to be a master at letting characters breathe in all their eccentricity.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 24 June 2026
The stylistic eccentricities have been dialed back, including the use of old Hollywood film clips to reflect the action and possibly the thoughts of its main character, a cinephile from space, who is both practicing and enacting the work of a private detective.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026

Definition of eccentricity

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That unpredictability, coupled with Johnson’s razor-thin voting margin, is testing the seemingly cozy relationship between the speaker and the president ahead of the midterms.

— Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 2 July 2026
For example, process is becoming more of an approach because business decisions are no longer linear and must be built for unpredictability and flexibility.

— Duane Tursi, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of unpredictability

Noun

Alan Greenspan’s passing is useful not as the subject of my column, but as a marker of an era when many professionals believed large institutions could absorb volatility on their behalf.

— Henrik Totterman, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Between flights and investor meetings, the executive carves out time to explain economic swings, market volatility, and tech trends, all while touting Blackstone’s global reach.

— Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 5 July 2026

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