wafer-thin

[wey-fer-thin]

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adjective

very thin: a wafer-thin slice.

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wispy slim flimsy delicate translucent paper-thin cardboard disposable sheer slight attenuate rarefied refined attenuated insubstantial papery wafer-thin diaphanous filmy gossamer

Examples from the Web for wafer-thin

Contemporary Examples

His acknowledgement that his true mission is to reach that wafer-thin sliver of voters still sitting on the political fence.
Undecided Voters Are a Menace
Michelle Cottle
September 23, 2012

Historical Examples

The shell of the wall, exposed where the door frame had torn away, was wafer-thin.
It Could Be Anything
John Keith Laumer