flimsy

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Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies
Likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile

He expected the flimsy structure to collapse at any moment.

thin and weak
{a} thin, flight, limber, weak, mean, poor
Thin or transfer paper
{i} thin paper, paper used for copies
a thin strong light-weight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
A bank note
A flimsy object is weak because it is made of a weak material, or is badly made. a flimsy wooden door. a pair of flimsy shoes
having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot" 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
very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile"; "light summer dresses"
If you describe something such as evidence or an excuse as flimsy, you mean that it is not very good or convincing. The charges were based on very flimsy evidence. = weak, unconvincing
{s} delicate, thin; frail, fragile; insubstantial; poorly made or constructed
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"
Flimsy cloth or clothing is thin and does not give much protection. a very flimsy pink chiffon nightgown
resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness; "apartments with cardboard walls"
Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse, objection
lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"; "a fragile link with the past"
gossamer
flimsy excuse
poor explanation, insubstantial defense, inadequate justification
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In a flimsy manner
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in a weak and flimsy manner; "this car is so flimsily constructed!"
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in a weak and flimsy manner; "this car is so flimsily constructed!
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weakly; unsturdily, unstably
flimsiness
the property of weakness by virtue of careless construction
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The quality of being flimsy
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The state or quality of being flimsy
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{i} weakness; unsturdiness, unstableness; quality of being poorly made
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