 flimsy |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] lacking solidity or strength | |
| Synonyms: | fragile | |
| Examples: | "a flimsy table" "flimsy construction" "a fragile link with the past" |
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| Related terms: | weak | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] having little substance or significance | |
| Synonyms: | slight thin tenuous | |
| Examples: | "a flimsy excuse" "slight evidence" "a tenuous argument" "a thin plot" |
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| Related terms: | weak | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness | |
| Synonyms: | cardboard | |
| Examples: | "apartments with cardboard walls" |
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| Related terms: | inferior | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] very thin and insubstantial | |
| Synonyms: | light | |
| Examples: | "thin paper" "flimsy voile" "light summer dresses" |
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| Related terms: | thin | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (writing) a thin strong light-weight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies | |
| Synonyms: | onionskin | |
| Related terms: | typewriter_paper | |
| Similar spelling: |
flimsily Flemish Flemister flying |
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