fly-by-night

Speech parts

1. fly-by-night - Noun

2. fly-by-night - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

a debtor who flees to avoid paying

ephemeral

(of businesses and businessmen) untrustworthy or undependable

Alternative names

fly by night

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Examples

the symphony is no fly-by-night venture Source: Internet

a fly-by-night operation Source: Internet

The economy abhors a vacuum, however, and since N95s were soon selling for more than 10 times what Baystate Health had been paying, fly-by-night speculators swiftly established a gray market for remaining stocks of respirators. Source: Internet

And these are not sketchy, unknown, fly-by-night colleges. Source: Internet

Every ideology becomes corrupted over a period of time as opportunists, fly-by-night operators, rent seekers try to hijack the agenda, the discourse, and try to milk it for personal gain. Source: Internet

“Unless and until truck driving is recognized as a skilled trade,” says Beckwith, “the fly-by-night trainers will continue to teach as little as possible to applicants who seek the skills they need to drive large tractor-trailers.” Source: Internet

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