fly-by-night (redirected from fly-by-nights)

fly-by-night (flb-nt) Informal

adj.

1. Unreliable or unscrupulous, especially with regard to business dealings: "fly-by-night telephone companies that open up shop, sell some systems, then disappear when service is needed" (Mary Ellen Jordan).

2. Of an impermanent or insubstantial nature: fly-by-night fashions in clothing.

n. also fly-by-night·er (-ntr)

1. An unscrupulous or undependable person, especially one who leaves secretly without paying creditors.

2. Something of a shaky or impermanent nature.

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fly-by-night Informal

Adjective

unreliable or untrustworthy, esp. in money matters

Noun

an untrustworthy person

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fly-by-night - a debtor who flees to avoid paying debitor, debtor - a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
Adj.	1.	fly-by-night - (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous; "a shady operation" shady untrustworthy, untrusty - not worthy of trust or belief; "an untrustworthy person"
	2.	fly-by-night - ephemeral; "the symphony is no fly-by-night venture" impermanent, temporary - not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing"