flimsy
adjective/ˈflɪmzi/
/ˈflɪmzi/
(comparative flimsier, superlative flimsiest)
- badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used synonym rickety
- a flimsy table
- (of material) thin and easily torn
- a flimsy piece of paper/fabric/plastic
- difficult to believe synonym feeble
- a flimsy excuse/explanation
- The evidence against him is pretty flimsy.
- He keeps calling on the flimsiest of pretexts.
Word Originearly 18th cent.: probably from flimflam.
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