fair-weather
used in or intended for fair weather only.
weakening or failing in time of trouble: His fair-weather friends left him when he lost his money.
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Other definitions for Fairweather (2 of 2)
Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska. 15,292 feet (4,660 meters).
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How to use fair-weather in a sentence
Fairweather expects more new listings to make for a more balanced market and more home sales.
Experts predict what the 2021 housing market will bring | Kathy Orton | January 11, 2021 | Washington PostFairweather anticipates more new homes will be built next year than in any year since 2006.
Experts predict what the 2021 housing market will bring | Kathy Orton | January 11, 2021 | Washington PostAlthough mortgage rates will remain low primarily due to a sluggish global economic recovery, Fairweather sees them moving higher to around 3 percent.
Experts predict what the 2021 housing market will bring | Kathy Orton | January 11, 2021 | Washington PostFrustrating as regulars find these fair-weather exercise interlopers, they were also all beginners once, he says.
Turkey has been a fair weather ally against ISIS and al-Nusra as well.
Exclusive: Turkey OK’s American Drones to Fight ISIS | Eli Lake, Josh Rogin | October 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
This entails letting go, lightly, of fair-weather friendships that no longer serve you.
She was not a fair-weather friend, and since Jennie was good enough to offer her a home she felt she ought to go at once.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts RinehartThe glow at evening is generally followed by fair weather the next day; but the fair weather is not an effect of a clear sunset.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterThe pass over the mountains is circuitous and steep, but in fair weather persons travel on the road along the shore.
If fair throughout, and rain at the change, the fair weather will probably return at the fourth or fifth day.
The Teesdale Angler | R LakelandWhen, with returning fair weather, the atmospheric pressure increases, the water can no longer bulge or drop out of the bulb.
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British Dictionary definitions for fair-weather (1 of 2)
suitable for use in fair weather only
not reliable or present in situations of hardship or difficulty (esp in the phrase fair-weather friend)
British Dictionary definitions for Fairweather (2 of 2)
/ (ˈfɛəˌwɛðə) /
Mount Fairweather a mountain in W North America, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Height: 4663 m (15 300 ft)
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