flimsy has definitions from the field of writing
1
[ adjective ] lacking solidity or strength

Synonyms

fragile

Examples

"a flimsy table" "flimsy construction" "a fragile link with the past"

Used in print

(Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)

Early equipment was very flimsy ; the smallest gusts of wind toppled poles , making communications impossible .

Related terms

weak

2
[ adjective ] having little substance or significance

Synonyms

slight thin tenuous

Examples

"a flimsy excuse" "slight evidence" "a tenuous argument" "a thin plot"

Related terms

weak

3
[ adjective ] resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness

Synonyms

cardboard

Examples

"apartments with cardboard walls"

Related terms

inferior

4
[ adjective ] very thin and insubstantial

Synonyms

light

Examples

"thin paper" "flimsy voile" "light summer dresses"

Related terms

thin

5
[ noun ] (writing) a thin strong light-weight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies

Synonyms

onionskin

Related terms

typewriter_paper

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