Meaning of FLY-BY-NIGHT
Pronunciation: | | 'flIbI`nIt
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- [n] a debtor who flees to avoid paying
- [adj] of an impermanent nature; "the symphony is no fly-by-night venture"
- [adj] of businesses and businessmen; "a fly-by-night operation"
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| Synonyms: | | impermanent, shady, temporary, untrustworthy, untrusty |
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| 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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