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flimsy [ˈflɪmzɪ] adj -sier, -siest 1. not strong or substantial; fragile a flimsy building 2. light and thin a flimsy dress 3. unconvincing or inadequate; weak a flimsy excuse n
1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) thin paper used for making carbon copies of a letter, etc. 2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a copy made on such paper 3. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) a slang word for banknote [of uncertain origin] flimsily adv flimsiness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
flimsy adjective 1. fragile, weak, slight, delicate, shallow, shaky, frail, superficial, makeshift, rickety, insubstantial, gimcrack, unsubstantial a flimsy wooden door fragile strong, sound, heavy, solid, substantial, robust, sturdy, durable, stout 3. unconvincing, poor, thin, weak, inadequate, pathetic, transparent, trivial, feeble, unsatisfactory, frivolous, tenuous, implausible The charges were based on flimsy evidence. Translations flimsy [ˈflɪmzɪ] A. ADJ (flimsier (compar) (flimsiest (superl))) 2. (= weak, insubstantial) [structure] → poco sólido, endeble; [excuse, pretext] → pobre; [argument, evidence] → poco sólido, inconsistente flimsy [ˈflɪmzi] adj (not strong) [structure] → peu solide; [partition, material] → fin(e), mince (= thin) [footwear] → léger/ère; [garment] → fin(e) [excuse] → piètre [evidence] → peu convaincant(e) flimsy adj (+er) (= fragile) structure → leicht gebaut, wenig solide; material, cup, paper → dünn; box → instabil; of flimsy construction → nicht sehr stabil gebaut (fig) evidence → dürftig; excuse → fadenscheinig; reason → wenig stichhaltig; on flimsy grounds → ohne stichhaltige Gründe flimsy [ˈflɪmzɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (thin, dress) → leggero/a; (weak, construction) → poco solido/a; (excuse, argument) → che non sta in piedi, inconsistente flimsy [ˈflɪmzɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (thin, dress) → leggero/a; (weak, construction) → poco solido/a; (excuse, argument) → che non sta in piedi, inconsistente adj flimsy [ˈflimzi] 1 thin and light You'll be cold in those flimsy clothes. dun رَقيق وَخَفيف، مُهَلْهَل тънък slabý, lehký tynd dürftig ψιλός, λεπτός ligero õhuke نازک ohut léger קַל וְדַק पतला कपड़ा tanak, lagan könnyű tipis haldlítill; efnislítill leggero 薄っぺらな 얇고 가벼운 plonas, lengvas viegls; plāns nipis dun spinkel, tynn cienki, lekki fino subţire лёгкий ľahučký lahen tanak tunn, lätt บางและฉีกขาดง่าย ince ve hafif 輕而薄的 легкий, тонкий ہلکا اور پتلا nhẹ và mỏng 轻而薄的 2 not very well made; likely to break a flimsy boat. swak سَهْل الكَسر، واهٍ крехък chatrný skrøbelig; spinkel schwach προχειροφτιαγμένος, εύθραυστος frágil, poco sólido äbarik پیزری hatara fragile שָׁבִיר कमजोर lomljiv, krhak gyenge rapuh veigalítill, veikbyggður fragile もろい 부서지기 쉬운 netvirtas, gležnas trausls; neizturīgs tidak kukuh breekbaar skrøpelig, spinkel marny, lichy frágil fragil непрочный krehký krhek nesolidan svag, klen, bräcklig ไม่แข็งแรง dayanıksız, çürük 容易損壞的 неміцний, ламкий نا پختہ mỏng manh 容易损坏的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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With a firm, steady-eyed impudence, which seemed to hold back the threat of some abominable menace, he would proceed to sell over the counter some object looking obviously and scandalously not worth the money which passed in the transaction: a small cardboard box with apparently nothing inside, for instance, or one of those carefully closed yellow flimsy envelopes, or a soiled volume in paper covers with a promising title. On some flimsy pretext or other Mowanna, the king of Nukuheva, whom the invaders by extravagant presents cajoled over to their interests, and move about like a mere puppet, has been set up as the rightful sovereign of the entire island--the alleged ruler by prescription of various clans, who for ages perhaps have treated with each other as separate nations. She had set herself to stand or fall by her qualities, and to waive such merely technical claims upon a strange family as had been established for her by the flimsy fact of a member of that family, in a season of impulse, writing his name in a church-book beside hers. |
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