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What does flaky mean?

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Adjective
  1. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
  2. (informal, of a person) Unreliable; prone to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
  3. (informal, of a thing) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; prone to cease functioning properly.
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Dry skin can look leathery, dry and flaky, and will lose the elasticity it needs to stay firm and young-looking.
Zirconium usually occurs as a hard, grayish white metal, whose surface has a flaky appearance.
I'd be lying, semi-conscious in my hospital bed, laid low by my flaky pods, defenceless against her scheming ways.
My son became addicted in the hotel to sumptuous baklava of flaky pastry, honey and nuts.
Modern Banbury cakes are small and oval, made of light flaky pastry with a crisp top achieved by a powdering of sugar before baking.
The haddock was perfectly flaky and moist, lightly topped with bread crumbs, and served over sauteed spinach and sage mashed potatoes.

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