flukey
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Martinez said he was frustrated and disappointed by having to miss 53 games because of what he calls a “flukey thing.”
From Seattle Times
Mind you, this wasn’t one of those flukey upset wins that comes by virtue of a trick play or a bad call by the refs.
From Seattle Times
The Bruins’ only goal was a flukey one in the last minute of the second period, the only flub in an otherwise brilliant game by Bobrovsky.
From New York Times
Come March, teams will be throwing zone defenses at us for lack of a better plan, and all it will take is one flukey game for everything to collapse.
From Golf Digest
Goals don't get much more flukey than that, something very apparent in Kinkaid's reaction, featuring an A+ eye roll.
From Golf Digest
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