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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies;
[syn: onionskin, flimsy]


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. lacking solidity or strength;
- Example: "a flimsy table"
- Example: "flimsy construction"

2. not convincing;
- Example: "unconvincing argument"
- Example: "as unconvincing as a forced smile"
[syn: unconvincing, flimsy]

3. lacking substance or significance;
- Example: "slight evidence"
- Example: "a tenuous argument"
- Example: "a thin plot" a fragile claim to fame";
[syn: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flimsy \Flim"sy\, a. [Compar. Flimsier; superl. Flimsiest.]
   [Cf. W. llymsi naked, bare, empty, sluggish, spiritless. Cf.
   Limsy.]
   Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or
   solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without
   reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse,
   objection.
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         Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines.  --Pope.
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         All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.
                                                  --Sheridan.

   Syn: Weak; feeble; superficial; shallow; vain.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flimsy \Flim"sy\, n.
   1. Thin or transfer paper.
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   2. A bank note. [Slang, Eng.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

flimsy
    adj 1: lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy
           construction"
    2: not convincing; "unconvincing argument"; "as unconvincing as
       a forced smile" [syn: unconvincing, flimsy] [ant:
       convincing]
    3: lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a
       tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
       [syn: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin]
    n 1: a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially
         for making carbon copies [syn: onionskin, flimsy]