flimsy

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The Syrian foreign ministry denounced the attack as "an outrageous assault on Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity" and called Israel's justification "flimsy pretexts and fabricated excuses".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 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

It was a transparently flimsy excuse, and Ms. Cook promptly sued on the grounds that the firing was illegal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

It means wishful thinking supported by flimsy evidence.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli