skittish
Example Sentences
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The Carrillo-Wicks bill is meant to push developers who are interested in off-site construction but skittish about its financial viability.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
"Markets can look skittish or confused, but what they're really doing is managing event risk in real time, with oil sitting right at the centre of that."
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
The memory market is traditionally cyclical, which is why some on Wall Street are skittish even in the face of sky-high prices for dynamic random-access memory and NAND.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
Stories of job loss abound within the US Haitian diaspora as some employers become skittish over the uncertainty surrounding TPS.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
Tom protested, “Sometimes with a skittish horse—” “I know,” said his father.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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