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fair-weather

[ fair-weth-er ]

/ ˈfɛərˌwɛð ər /

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adjective

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.

Origin of fair-weather

First recorded in 1730–40

Words nearby fair-weather

fair-minded, fair-spoken, fair-trade, fair-trade agreement, fair-trade law, fair-weather, fair-weather friend, fairbanks, fairborn, fairfaced, fairfax

Example sentences from the Web for fair-weather

Frustrating as regulars find these fair-weather exercise interlopers, they were also all beginners once, he says.

How to Survive the New Year ‘Gympocalypse’ |Tim Teeman |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
This entails letting go, lightly, of fair-weather friendships that no longer serve you.

Zodiac Beast: April 24-30 |Starsky + Cox |April 23, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Perhaps the greatest gain of the meeting was that it did away with the notion that the aeroplane is a fair-weather toy.

The War in the Air; Vol. 1 |Walter Raleigh.
Now all was well once more and Mrs. Ward, who had been no fair-weather friend to Italy, rejoiced with all her heart.

The Life of Mrs. Humphry Ward |Janet Penrose Trevelyan

Fair-weather friends; creatures that must be amused, and are unscrupulous at whose cost or how great.

The Mystery of Murray Davenport |Robert Neilson Stephens
She was no fair-weather girl, and the rain which drove against her fretted her as little as the wind.

The Graftons |Archibald Marshall
But I do not know, after all, 244 she continued, that I like fair-weather friends.

A Very Naughty Girl |L. T. Meade

British Dictionary definitions for fair-weather

fair-weather

adjective

suitable for use in fair weather only

not reliable or present in situations of hardship or difficulty (esp in the phrase fair-weather friend)