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Meaning of FLY-BY-NIGHT

Pronunciation:  'flIbI`nIt

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a debtor who flees to avoid paying
  2. [adj]  of an impermanent nature; "the symphony is no fly-by-night venture"
  3. [adj]  of businesses and businessmen; "a fly-by-night operation"
 
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 Synonyms: impermanent, shady, temporary, untrustworthy, untrusty
 
 See Also: debtor

 

 

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 Related Terms: brittle, capricious, changeable, corruptible, deciduous, dying, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, fickle, fleeting, flitting, flying, fragile, frail, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, impetuous, impulsive, inconstant, insubstantial, irresponsible, momentary, mortal, mutable, nondurable, nonpermanent, passing, perishable, short-lived, temporal, temporary, transient, transitive, transitory, trustless, undependable, undurable, unenduring, unfaithworthy, unreliable, unstable, unsure, untrustworthy, untrusty, volatile
 

 

 

 

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