flimsy

Example Sentences

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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

The 8-foot by 8-foot sheds have become a staple of quick solutions to homelessness but face the criticism of being cramped, flimsy and undignified.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

The point is substance — something that makes the bowl feel anchoring, not flimsy.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

Her pulse was frantic, her breathing ragged, and it seemed impossible that people could live at all with such flimsy stuff as skin keeping blood, breath, and spirit safe inside their bodies.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor