- 1badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used synonym rickety a flimsy table
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- 2(of material) thin and easily torn a flimsy piece of paper/fabric/plastic
- 3difficult to believe synonym feeble a flimsy excuse/explanation The evidence against him is pretty flimsy. He keeps calling on the flimsiest of pretexts.
NAmE//ˈflɪmzəli//
adverb NAmE//ˈflɪmzinəs//
noun [uncountable]See flimsy in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: flimsy