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flighty

[flahy-tee] / ˈflaɪ ti /


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A smile thrown in her direction during a parade honoring a visiting king and his princess daughter, a marvelously flighty Miriam Hopkins, almost causes an international incident after the gesture is misinterpreted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Undertaking a new challenge every few years can show employers you’re ambitious, but not flighty.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 22, 2025

One insider who has been part of conversations about the chances of changing the leader says, "it's not flighty people, not just newbies without a clue, they're not idiots".

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

But it also turns him into a lonely, rigidly neoclassicist oddball who scorns his professors, prefers books to his flighty peers and still can’t seem to take care of himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

The other horse traders nearby jeered, and a flighty colt reared up in alarm.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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