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flimsy

  • adjective
  • flim·sy
  • /ˈflɪmzi/

Likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial.

Example

“He expected the flimsy structure to collapse at any moment.”

Other meanings

  1. Of clothing: very light and thin.

  2. Of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak; also, unimportant; paltry, trivial.

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “flimsy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.