fly-by-night in English

adjective

1

unreliable or untrustworthy, especially in business or financial matters.

cheap suits made by fly-by-night operators

synonyms: unreliable, undependable, untrustworthy, disreputable, dishonest, deceitful, dubious, unscrupulous, iffy, shady, sketchy, shifty, slippery, crooked, hinky, bent

noun

1

an unreliable or untrustworthy person.

If we get knocked it will be by fly-by-nights , not by those who have supported us over all these years.

adjective

unreliable, undependable, untrustworthy, disreputable, dishonest, deceitful, dubious, unscrupulous, iffy, shady, sketchy, shifty, slippery, crooked, hinky, bent
short-lived, ephemeral, superficial, fleeting
shady

Use "fly-by-night" in a sentence

1. Clearly, it was a fly-by-night organization.

2. Are fly-by-night schools that lack CHEA accreditation illegal?

3. This would solve the problem of fly-by-night organisers.

4. Can we believe in the credibility of fly-by-night companies?

5. The project is totally ruined by the fly-by-night undertakers.

6. More than likely she's some fly-by-night gypsy, out to make a quick buck.

7. As business schools across Asia mature, experts say quality programmes will be differentiated from fly-by-night operations.

8. Write to fly-by-night Travel to complain about the vocation, giving details about the problems . Request some compensation or refund.

9. He also insists that it won't be a fly-by-night operation, that his commitment to the community is lasting and genuine.

10. But his business turned out to be fly-by-night: he collected people's deposits on new cars and then disappeared with everybody's money.

11. In the frenzy of the bubble, much home lending was undertaken by fly-by-night companies trying to generate as much volume as possible.

12. I never buy goods from the fly-by-night operators at the market, you can never find them again if the goods are faulty.

13. Promptness in making a Complaint decreases the likelihood that a fly-by-night operator will move, leave town, or go out of business before consumers can gain assistance

14. The admission brochure of a fly-by-night school will often emphasize that the president received this or that doctorate insgroupsto persuade readers that it is a good school.

15. "If they feel we'd be less likely to suspect a high-end ship as opposed to one of the fly-by-night cruise liners, they'd use that route," he added.

16. Fly-by-night schools tend to share certain characteris-tics. For example, they may state that you can get a bache-lor's degree by paying, say, , a master's degree for , a doctorate for ,000.

17. 27 Fly-by-night schools tend to share certain characteris-tics. For example, they may state that you can get a bache-lor's degree by paying, say, , a master's degree for , a doctorate for ,000.

18. Synonyms & Antonyms of Conned (Entry 2 of 3) 1 to rob by the use of trickery or threats a fly-by-night operator who had Conned hundreds of would-be homeowners out of their hard-earned money