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flimsy
adjective as in not strong; light, thin
adjective as in unconvincing, implausible
Example Sentences
In recent days they have come under a new kind of assault: from winter seas battering their flimsy, makeshift dwellings.
The boats that are used are incredibly flimsy for a sea journey.
In these buildings, the ground floor can be held up by flimsy, skinny poles that can collapse when shaken side-to-side in an earthquake.
Beans is never fazed by the challenge, but the characters can’t help but come across as flimsy masks.
"This is a bad sign. It suggests an unchastened Supreme Court poised to help Trump suppress lawful votes on the flimsiest basis," added Harvard legal scholar Laurence Tribe.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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