Full Idea
Finkish dispositions arise because the time delay between stimulus and manifestation provides an opportunity for the disposition to go out of existence and so halt the process that would bring about the manifestation.
Clarification
A 'fink' in a factory is paid to dissuade the workers from striking
Gist of Idea
A disposition is finkish if a time delay might mean the manifestation fizzles out
Source
Alexander Bird (Nature's Metaphysics [2007], 2.2.3)
Book Reference
Bird,Alexander: 'Nature's Metaphysics' [OUP 2007], p.25
A Reaction
This is a problem for the conditional analysis of dispositions; there may be a disposition, but it never reaches manifestation. Bird rightly points us towards actual powers rather than dispositions that need manifestation.