flimsier; flimsiest
1
a
: lacking in physical strength or substance
flimsy silks
wore a flimsy dress
b
: of inferior materials and workmanship
flimsy construction
2
: having little worth or plausibility
a flimsy excuse
a movie with a flimsy plot
plural flimsies
chiefly British
: a lightweight paper used especially for multiple copies
also
: a document printed on flimsy
Examples of flimsy in a Sentence
Adjective
a flimsy piece of material
They have only the flimsiest of evidence against him.
a movie with a flimsy plot
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Daniel Popper, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
People make close, intense bonds when stuck in the Big Brother house together, and Vince and Morgan’s dynamic crosses more lines with each passing day, emotional cheating threatening to tip into physical even as Vince continues to hopelessly cloak his feelings in flimsy analogies and code phrases.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
After McGregor died in 2013, his family inherited the two-story house on Coastguard Walk and Airbnb-ed it, replacing the period furniture with flimsier stuff from Amazon.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 23 Sep. 2025
The kind of love that’s coming to you now isn’t flimsy.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 21 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
The Chargers are a flimsy fence in that phase.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
People make close, intense bonds when stuck in the Big Brother house together, and Vince and Morgan’s dynamic crosses more lines with each passing day, emotional cheating threatening to tip into physical even as Vince continues to hopelessly cloak his feelings in flimsy analogies and code phrases.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
After McGregor died in 2013, his family inherited the two-story house on Coastguard Walk and Airbnb-ed it, replacing the period furniture with flimsier stuff from Amazon.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 23 Sep. 2025
The kind of love that’s coming to you now isn’t flimsy.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 21 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for flimsy
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“Flimsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flimsy. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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