1. the quality of being composed of or tending to form flakes
2. the quality of being unreliable or unpredictable in behavior
Usage: informal

Examples

• The flakiness of the pastry made it difficult to handle.
• Her skin showed signs of flakiness after the sunburn.
• The paint’s flakiness indicated it needed to be scraped off.
• His flakiness made it hard to count on him for important tasks.
• The team was frustrated by their colleague’s flakiness.
• The old wallpaper’s flakiness was evident when they tried to remove it.