dilettante; half-baked person; unreliable person
Meanings
3 senses · 6 examplesnoun
unreasonable person; superficial person
informalDerived from an old currency term ('half a string of cash', implying incompleteness). Used to describe someone who is flighty, unreliable in judgment, and lacks depth.
Don't listen to his nonsense, he's just a dilettante who knows nothing.
This person speaks without reliability, he's truly a flaky person.
noun
dabbler; amateur; half-baked expert
informalRefers to someone with shallow knowledge or unpolished skills in a field, often pretending to be an expert.
He claims to be a programmer, but he's actually a dabbler who can't even write basic code well.
Don't ask that amateur about professional matters.
noun
unreliable person; person who never finishes anything
informalDescribes someone who starts projects with enthusiasm but lacks the perseverance to complete them, often leaving tasks half-done.
This project will definitely not be completed if given to him; he's famously unreliable.
He loses interest in everything after three minutes; he's a person who never finishes anything.