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fly-by-night

British pronunciation/flˈaɪbaɪnˈaɪt/
American pronunciation/flˈaɪbaɪnˈaɪt/
Fly-by-night
[NOUN]
1

a debtor who flees to avoid paying

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fly-by-night
[ADJECTIVE]
1

ephemeral

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2

(of businesses and businessmen) untrustworthy or undependable

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Examples
1But you were kind of fly-by-night.
2And that craft beer is just another fly-by-night fad.
3These folks aren't some fly-by-night operation doing a cheap GoPro knockoff.
4Bernie Madoff was an individual sort of fly-by-night operation.
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