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adj. - Subject to accident or chance or change.

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Usage examples (37)
  • Wind power can be flukey, which is why I prefer the idea of tidal power.
  • NHL. com's Dan Rosen called a flukey short-handed goal by Riley Holzapfel and a power-play goal by Spencer Machacek.
  • Sandi Thom talks to Dave Owens about her "flukey" life
  • "Wow, he put the jet-burners on," Dagg said when asked about Muliaina's try, while humbly describing his own solo effort as "flukey".
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