flakiness
1 of 2noun (1)
flak·i·ness ˈflā-kē-nəs 
: the quality or state of being composed of flakes or of tending to separate into or peel in flakes
The flour (high or low protein) plays a role in the final tenderness of pastry, but it's the amount and distribution of the fat through the flour that determine the pastry's flakiness.
Shirley Corriher
Shirley Corriherflakiness
2 of 2noun (2)
1
: lack of reliability : the tendency to behave or perform undependably
Mobile phones make it all too easy to cancel plans at the last minute, but social flakiness isn't a recipe for health and happiness—or good for our relationships. Anna Hart
Anna HartThis free utility takes a look at your hard drives and ferrets out any physical errors it finds, so you know what might be causing random crashes or system flakiness. Lisa Hoover
Lisa Hoover2
: peculiarity or eccentricity in thinking or behavior
Others claim [Millicent] Fenwick's eccentricity borders on flakiness. Once, during a House debate on whether federal election ballots should be bilingual, Fenwick got up and spoke in fluent Spanish—not on the issue, but on the aesthetic merits of a beautiful language. Gioia Diliberto
Gioia Diliberto
Word History
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1681, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1965, in the meaning defined at sense 2
flakiness
noun
as in eccentricity
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- eccentricity
- unpredictability
- fickleness
- volatility
- arbitrariness
- capriciousness
- impulsiveness
- moodiness
- changeability
- mercurialness
- irregularity
- whimsicality
- freakishness
- mutability
- volatileness
- inconstancy
- variableness
- willfulness
- whimsicalness
- variability
- flexibility
- caprice
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- practicality
- inflexibility
- reasonableness
- firmness
- stability
- invariability
- levelheadedness
- immutability
- fixedness
- reasonability
- steadfastness
- immovability
- steadiness
- constancy
- fastness
- changelessness
- immovableness