flimsy
Example Sentences
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But that excuse is flimsy, as the Jalloh case shows.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
With the Cuban economy in freefall since the coronavirus pandemic, no gas has been delivered to Brenei's flimsy home in a Havana suburb for months.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
The former official added that the DoD's basis for threatening Anthropic with invoking either the Defense Production Act and being labeled a supply chain risk was "extremely flimsy".
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
“You’re always outside and you’re always in a flimsy little cotton dress and there’s mud everywhere.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
But even when her nightmares seemed so real—down to the scratchy carpet of their apartment that would always be caked with dust—they were nothing more than flimsy images shot through with fear.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
