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flimsy
[ flim-zee ]
adjective
- without material strength or solidity:
a flimsy fabric; a flimsy structure.
Synonyms: unsteady, unstable, weak, shoddy
Antonyms: sturdy
- weak; inadequate; not effective or convincing:
a flimsy excuse.
Synonyms: unconvincing, vague, lame
noun
- a thin kind of paper, especially for use in making several copies at a time of an article, telegraphic dispatch, or the like, as in newspaper work.
- a copy of a report or dispatch on such paper.
flimsy
/ ˈflɪmzɪ /
adjective
- not strong or substantial; fragile
a flimsy building
- light and thin
a flimsy dress
- unconvincing or inadequate; weak
a flimsy excuse
noun
- thin paper used for making carbon copies of a letter, etc
- a copy made on such paper
- a slang word for banknote
Derived Forms
- ˈflimsiness, noun
- ˈflimsily, adverb
Other Words From
- flimsi·ly adverb
- flimsi·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of flimsy1
Example Sentences
In the first leg they were flat, flimsy and saved by a terrific Eartha Cumings save.
In recent days they have come under a new kind of assault: from winter seas battering their flimsy, makeshift dwellings.
The boats that are used are incredibly flimsy for a sea journey.
Several suburbs closest to the widely felt earthquakes that struck Los Angeles County this summer and fall — including Alhambra, Monterey Park and South Pasadena — have no active plans to require retrofits for seismically flimsy “soft-story” apartment buildings, according to interviews with local officials and a review of existing seismic policies.
In these buildings, the ground floor can be held up by flimsy, skinny poles that can collapse when shaken side-to-side in an earthquake.
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