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flukey

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fluk·y also fluk·ey  (flk)
adj. fluk·i·er, fluk·i·est
1. Resulting from or depending on mere chance.
2. Constantly shifting; uncertain: a fluky wind.

[From fluke3.]

fluki·ly adv.
fluki·ness n.
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Adj.1.flukey - subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
uncertain - not certain to occur; not inevitable; "everything is uncertain about the army"; "the issue is uncertain"

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It's a tough game to lose when you've been dominating and the other team gets one on a flukey mistake.
Rottenberg let in a header by Patrizia Panico that took a flukey bounce but was otherwise like a glass wall as the Germans and Italians played to a 1-1 draw.
Down at the half, down more in the third and an absolute flukey play gets you back in the ballgame.
 
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