ficklesupport
nounUK /ˈfɪk.əl.səˌpɔːt/
US /ˈfɪk.əl.səˌpɔːrt/
Help that keeps changing and is not steady.
The team's ficklesupport made it hard to finish the project.
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2. Backing that comes and goes depending on mood or convenience.
Her ficklesupport for the club faded after the first week.
3. A person whose encouragement is warm one day and cold the next.
He was a ficklesupport, cheering loudly then losing interest.
4. A system of aid that changes rules or amounts without warning.
The charity's ficklesupport left families unsure what to expect.