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[ flim-zee ] / ˈflɪm zi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR flimsy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, flim·si·er, flim·si·est.without material strength or solidity: a flimsy fabric; a flimsy structure. weak; inadequate; not effective or convincing: a flimsy excuse. noun, plural flim·sies.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. Origin of flimsy1695–1705; flim- (perhaps metathetic variant of film) + -sy SYNONYMS FOR flimsy1 shoddy, weak, unstable, unsteady. 2 unconvincing, lame, vague. SEE SYNONYMS FOR flimsy ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR flimsySEE ANTONYMS FOR flimsy ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM flimsyflim·si·ly, adverbflim·si·ness, nounWords nearby flimsyflight-test, flightworthy, flighty, flim, flimflam, flimsy, flinch, flinders, Flinders bar, Flinders grass, Flinders Island Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flimsyWhen it comes to invading foreign countries on false or flimsy pretexts, the Russians have lots of company. Invaders and the Lies They Tell From Nazi Germany to Russia and the US|Malcolm Jones|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST On the last Sunday in March, Marina is hanging diapers on a flimsy clothesline stuck in the grass in the small backyard. The Man Oswald First Tried to Kill Before JFK|Bill Minutaglio, Steven L. Davis|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST Then she disappeared, leaving me by myself in that flimsy little dress, my makeup smudged and my hair all over the place. Inside Gaddafi’s Harem: The Story of a Girl’s Abduction|Annick Cojean|August 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST Zuckerberg, or at least the narrow, shallow portrait painted of him in The Social Network, seems to embody that flimsy promise. Ashton Kutcher’s ‘Jobs’ Is Actually Not That Bad|Rob Fishman|August 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Putin has taken off the flimsy mask of democracy to reveal himself in full as the would-be KGB dictator he has always been. I Will Not Return to the Dark Reality of Putin's Russia|Garry Kasparov|June 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST Only the cuckoo of our common birds builds so flimsy a nest as the dove's adored darling. Birds Every Child Should Know|Neltje Blanchan She took no heed of her flimsy, incongruous dress, her fatigue, her need of sleep. The False Chevalier|William Douw Lighthall To add to the perplexities, in the first years of the city, fire after fire devoured its flimsy fabric of canvas and shingle. Historic Towns of the Western States|Various The pretext is so flimsy, that we wonder how any prime minister could find courage to state it in his place. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 389, March 1848|Various A flimsy bit of bank-paper, lying on the table, would get blown about like a feather in a gale. Johnny Ludlow, Third Series|Mrs. Henry Wood
British Dictionary definitions for flimsy
adjective -sier or -siestnot strong or substantial; fragilea flimsy building light and thina flimsy dress unconvincing or inadequate; weaka flimsy excuse nounthin paper used for making carbon copies of a letter, etc a copy made on such paper a slang word for banknote Derived forms of flimsyflimsily, adverbflimsiness, nounWord Origin for flimsyC17: of uncertain origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to flimsyshaky, decrepit, insubstantial, tacky, rickety, feeble, chiffon, baseless, lame, groundless, thin, frivolous, false, shallow, gossamer, wobbly, frail, slight, poor, trifling |