flimsiness

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He stress-tests our icky, grubby pity for Matthew and, beyond that, the flimsiness of modern fame culture and its fake-it-till-you-make-it inspirational platitudes.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

They offer no credible evidence to support what they’re saying; indeed, they almost seem to flaunt the flimsiness of their claims.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2024

Olympic officials at the time swiftly dispelled the rumor of the bed's flimsiness after Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan shared a video of himself jumping on the bed to test its sturdiness.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2024

The state’s “refusal to withdraw the meritless assertions, the flimsiness of its request for extraordinary relief, and its use of the Maui tragedy, support a finding of frivolousness and bad faith,” the ruling said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2024

The nineteenth century’s infatuation with phrenology—to continue with a somewhat different heady concern—demonstrates the flimsiness of this line of thought.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos