Defenition of the word flimsy

• Defenition of the word flimsy

  • resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness; "apartments with cardboard walls"
  • lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"; "a fragile link with the past"
  • very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile"; "light summer dresses"
  • having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
  • a thin strong light-weight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
  • a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
  • not convincing
  • lacking substance or significance
  • lacking solidity or strength

Synonyms for the word flimsy

• • cardboard
  • delicate
  • feeble
  • fragile
  • inadequate
  • insubstantial
  • light
  • onionskin
  • poor
  • slight
  • tenuous
  • thin
  • unconvincing
  • weak

Similar words in the flimsy

• • flimsy
  • inferior
  • thin
  • weak

Hypernyms for the word flimsy

• • typewriter paper
  • typing paper

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