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Fly-by-night
01
an unreliable person or company that is only interested in making money and is likely to avoid paying its debts back
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Human
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
fly-by-nights
Examples
The contractor turned out to be a fly-by-night, disappearing after receiving the advance payment.
fly-by-night
01
ephemeral
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
qualitative
Superlative
most fly-by-night
Comparative
more fly-by-night
gradable
02
(of businesses and businessmen) untrustworthy or undependable
