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   Flim·sy

   /ˈflimzē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. comparatively light and insubstantial; easily damaged: "voyagers who crossed the sea in flimsy boats" Similar insubstantialslightlightfragilebreakablefrailshakyunstablewobblytotteryricketyramshacklemakeshiftjerry-builtbadly builtthrown togethercheapshoddygimcrackOpposite sturdy
   • ▪ (of clothing) light and thin: "I wore flimsy clothes and needed warming" Similar thinlightlightweightfineultra-finediaphanoussheerdelicateinsubstantialfloatyfilmysilkenchiffonygossamergossamer-thingossamer-likegossamerygauzygauze-likecobwebbyfeatherytranslucenttransparentsee-throughrare:transpicuoustranslucidOpposite thick
   • ▪ (of a pretext or account) weak and unconvincing: "a pretty flimsy excuse" Similar weakfeeblepoorinadequateinsufficientthinunsubstantialunconvincingimplausibleunsatisfactorypaltrytriflingtrivialshallowOpposite sound

   noun

   • 1. a document, especially a copy, made on very thin paper: British "credit-card flimsies"
   • ▪ very thin paper: British "sheets of yellow flimsy"

   Word Origin early 18th century: probably from flimflam.

   Derivatives

   • 1. flimsily adverb
   • 2. flimsiness noun

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   • If you describe something such as evidence or an excuse as flimsy, you mean that it is not very good or convincing. The charges were based on very flimsy evidence. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. 4. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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