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fly-by-night

ADJECTIVE
  1. (of businesses and businessmen) untrustworthy or undependable
    a fly-by-night operation
  2. ephemeral
    the symphony is no fly-by-night venture
NOUN
  1. a debtor who flees to avoid paying

How To Use fly-by-night In A Sentence

  • `That's why I didn't want to fall in love with a fly-by-night. SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND
  • Can we believe in the credibility of fly-by-night companies?
  • If it were a matter of sneaking up buildings without permits, or choosing fly-by-night builders, or the result of some freak accident, then it could be argued to be the customer's problem.
  • In the frenzy of the bubble, much home lending was undertaken by fly-by-night companies trying to generate as much volume as possible.
  • Most fly-by-night spam websites are registered for only a single year.
  • It is a pity that the Government is still unable to prevent unscrupulous fly-by-night money chains, and schemes from exploiting the common man's urge to make a fast buck out of nothing.
  • Maybe he'd hoped for more, but when he didn't get it... Father was a stayer, not a fly-by-night. LOST CHILDREN
  • Those things are pretty much the ‘female equivalent’ of those shady fly-by-night websites that promise to sell a guy a book of tricks on how to ‘score’.
  • The admission brochure of a fly-by-night school will often emphasize that the president received this or that doctorate insgroupsto persuade readers that it is a good school.
  • If they feel we'd be less likely to suspect a high-end ship as opposed to one of the fly-by-night cruise liners, they'd use that route," he added.
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