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Definitions for Flimsiness
[1] without material strength or solidity: a flimsy fabric; a flimsy structure.
[2] weak; inadequate; not effective or convincing: a flimsy excuse.
[3] 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.
[4] a copy of a report or dispatch on such paper.
[5] not strong or substantial; fragile a flimsy building
[6] light and thin a flimsy dress
[7] unconvincing or inadequate; weak a flimsy excuse
[8] thin paper used for making carbon copies of a letter, etc
[9] a copy made on such paper
[10] a slang word for banknote
Words related to Flimsiness
flimsyshaky, decrepit, insubstantial, tacky, rickety, feeble, chiffon, baseless, lame, groundless, thin, frivolous, false, shallow, gossamer, wobbly, frail, slight, poor, trifling
Words nearby Flimsiness
flimsyflightless, flightworthy, flighty, flim, flimflam, flimsy, flinch, flinders, flinders bar, flinders grass, flinders island
Origin of Flimsiness
y1695–1705; flim- (perhaps metathetic variant of film) + -sy
Other words from Flimsiness
flim·si·ly , adverb
flim·si·ness , noun
Word origin for Flimsiness
yC17: of uncertain origin
Synonyms for Flimsiness
delicacy, feebleness, flaw, fragility, frailness, frailty, insubstantiality, shoddiness, shortcoming, unsoundness, delicateness, fragileness, unsubstantiality