flaky

also adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Made of or resembling flakes.
2. Forming or tending to form flakes or thin, crisp fragments: flaky pastry.
3. Slang. Somewhat eccentric; odd: “that slightly flakey quality, in joy as well as in grief, that prepares us subtly for the mad scenes to come” (Village Voice).

flakily flak'i·ly adv.
flakiness flak'i·ness n.

adj. A term describing a food, such as pie crust, with a dry texture that easily breaks off into flat, flakelike pieces.

(var sp. flakey) Subject to frequent lossage. This use is of course related to the common slang use of the word to describe a person as eccentric, crazy, or just unreliable. A system that is flaky is working, sort of — enough that you are tempted to try to use it — but fails frequently enough that the odds in favor of finishing what you start are low. Commonwealth hackish prefers dodgy or wonky.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: made of or easily forming flakes
  Synonym: flakey

Meaning #2: conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, outlandish, outre

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - bestående af flager, som let spalter sig i flager

Nederlands (Dutch)
schilferig, vlokkerig, schilferachtig, raar/ getikt

Français (French)
adj. - floconneux, qui s'écaille, qui pèle, qui s'effrite, (US) barjo (fam), (Culin) feuilleté

Deutsch (German)
adj. - blättrig, schuppig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φολιδοειδής, λεπιοειδής, (καθομ.) αναξιόπιστος

Italiano (Italian)
scaglioso, squamoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - flocado, lascado

Русский (Russian)
слоеный, психованный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - escamoso, hojaldrado, excéntrico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - flagig, knäpp (vard.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
薄片的, 薄而易剥落的, 成片的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 薄片的, 薄而易剝落的, 成片的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 얇은 조각 모양의, 벗겨진

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - はげ落ちやすい, 薄片状の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) له قشور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עשוי עלים-עלים, קשקשי‬

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