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Definitions for Flimsy

[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 Flimsy

shaky, decrepit, insubstantial, tacky, rickety, feeble, chiffon, baseless, lame, groundless, thin, frivolous, false, shallow, gossamer, wobbly, frail, slight, poor, trifling

Words nearby Flimsy

flightless, flightworthy, flighty, flim, flimflam, flimsy, flinch, flinders, flinders bar, flinders grass, flinders island

Origin of Flimsy

1695–1705; flim- (perhaps metathetic variant of film) + -sy

Other words from Flimsy

flim·si·ly , adverb
flim·si·ness , noun

Word origin for Flimsy

C17: of uncertain origin

Synonyms for Flimsy

chiffon, decrepit, feeble, insubstantial, rickety, shaky, tacky, frail, gossamer, shallow, slight, wobbly, cut-rate, defective, delicate, diaphanous, fragile, gauzy, house of cards, inadequate, infirm, meager, papery, rinkydink, sheer, slapdash, sleazy, superficial, transparent, unsound, unsubstantial, weak