ADJECTIVE
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(of businesses and businessmen) untrustworthy or undependable
a fly-by-night operation -
ephemeral
the symphony is no fly-by-night venture
NOUN
- 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.