flakiness
Tendency to crumble
Flakiness describes the quality of breaking into thin, flat layers—the flakiness of a croissant or puff pastry.
Extended to people, flakiness means unreliability or erratic behavior: Her flakiness means you can't count on her to show up.
In software testing, flakiness refers to tests that produce inconsistent results—sometimes passing, sometimes failing—without code changes.
Prone to fragmenting
- friableReadily reduced to fragments
- brittleLiable to shatter
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
shatter · layers · crisp · dry · papery · powdery · granular · coarse
Layered crescent-shaped pastry
- phylloUltra-thin pastry dough
- piecrustBaked dough enclosure
- laminatedBonded between protective layers
- butteryRich like a spread
mille-feuille · vol-au-vent · danish · strudel · baklava · shortcrust · galette · turnover
Cannot be anticipated
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- undependableNot consistently trustworthy
- fickleErratically disloyal in affection
capricious · flighty · mercurial · unreliable · changeable · inconstant · volatile · whimsical
crumbly
Prone to fragmenting
fragile · shatter · layers · crisp · dry · papery · powdery · granular · coarse · rough
croissant
Layered crescent-shaped pastry
buttery · mille-feuille · vol-au-vent · danish · strudel · baklava · shortcrust · galette · turnover · tart
unpredictable
Cannot be anticipated
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- undependableNot consistently trustworthy
fickle · capricious · flighty · mercurial · unreliable · changeable · inconstant · volatile · whimsical · irresponsible
dandruff
Flaky scalp condition
itchiness · psoriasis · dermatitis · eczema · scurf · scaliness · peeling · chapped · irritation · shampoo
- sensory qualitiestaste, smell, aroma, sound, texture
- bread qualitiesfresh, stale, soft, crusty, crispy
- skin problemswrinkles, eczema, acne, lesions, blackheads
- texturessmoothness, smooth, soft, rough, roughness
- Unreliabilityinconsistency, undependability, untrustworthiness, unpredictability, erratic behavior
- avoidanceavoidance, distancing, evasion, dodging, pulling away
flakinessreliability
Consistent, predictable performance
dependability · steadfastness · consistency · trustworthiness · faithfulness
flakinesssensibleness
Practical good judgment
reasonableness · soundness · sense · sagacity · prudence