flightiness
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It’s hard not to sympathize with Lizzy’s exasperation at Jo’s flightiness, her unarticulated jealousy over Jo’s popularity and success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
As if in opposition to her mother’s perceived flightiness, Angel has been steadfastly committed to her rich, guitar-strumming boyfriend, Myles Parrish, for three years.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
She is on the lookout for any sign of giggly flightiness.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2020
But to me, that absence of self-command suggests more than mere flightiness.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2016
With the secret and implacable labor of a small ant she predisposed the women of the village against the flightiness of their husbands, who were already preparing for the move.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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