adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And if Apple falls apart, software developers could get even more skittish about sinking money into writing programs for Macs.
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Any pack animals the adventurers have may get restless and skittish .
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As it is, the thundering herd is likely to prove a skittish lot.
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At the heart of the problem is this: Bighorn sheep are skittish animals.
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At work she was a supremely confident executive; with her first child she was a skittish novice.
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Cranston's mount became skittish and even Philomel showed a lively interest in the group round the scaffold.
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Institutional investors such as mutual funds are more skittish and can bail out after a few quarters of soft earnings.
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My horse was skittish , I could not settle him.