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Flimsy   /flˈɪmzi/   Listen
Flimsy

adjective
(compar. flimsier; superl. flimsiest)
1.
Lacking solidity or strength.  "Flimsy construction"
2.
Not convincing.  Synonym: unconvincing.  "As unconvincing as a forced smile"
3.
Lacking substance or significance.  Synonyms: fragile, slight, tenuous, thin.  "A tenuous argument" , "A thin plot" , "A fragile claim to fame"
noun
1.
A thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies.  Synonym: onionskin.






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"Flimsy" Quotes from Famous Books



... their Prophet possess'd but an atom of sense, He ne'er would have woman from Paradise driven, But instead of his Houris a flimsy pretence, With woman alone, he ...
— Fugitive Pieces • George Gordon Noel Byron

... but Susan was keenly conscious of some subtle, touching charm, unnoticed heretofore, that seemed to flavor the old environment to-night. They were very pure and loving and loyal, her aunt and cousins, very practically considerate and tender toward each other, despite the flimsy fabric of their absurd dreams; very good, in the old-fashioned sense of the term, if not very ...
— Saturday's Child • Kathleen Norris

... p. 91) places the scene of such a conversation in the house of the Bishop of Salisbury. 'Boscovitch,' he writes, 'had a ready current flow of that flimsy phraseology with which a priest may travel through Italy, Spain, and Germany. Johnson scorned what he called colloquial barbarisms. It was his pride to speak his best. He went on, after a little practice, ...
— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 2 • Boswell

... matter,' cried Kenyon. 'It was a flimsy structure at best. I am not hurt, if that is what you mean—and you mustn't ...
— A Woman Intervenes • Robert Barr

... life would be a feeble parody on his own adolescence. To be able to face people and to endure the constant reminder of Gloria that all existence had become, it was necessary for him to have hope. So he built hope desperately and tenaciously out of the stuff of his dream, a hope flimsy enough, to be sure, a hope that was cracked and dissipated a dozen times a day, a hope mothered by mockery, but, nevertheless, a hope that would be brawn and sinew ...
— The Beautiful and Damned • F. Scott Fitzgerald


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