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Recent Examples of flimsiness
Though Good Boy gets by for a while on the strength of its performances and the sheer oddness of its plot, the flimsiness of its characters drains the film of energy long before its 110 minutes are up.
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
This decision throws Carrie’s flimsiness, as the lead character of a franchise three generations of women have absorbed into their own identities, into relief.
—Judy Berman, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
Dealing six 2024 draft picks, among other prospects, Preller showed the flimsiness of believing that the Padres’ system ranking in the mid-20s would keep him from wheeling and dealing.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
This decision throws Carrie’s flimsiness, as the lead character of a franchise three generations of women have absorbed into their own identities, into relief.
—Judy Berman, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
Dealing six 2024 draft picks, among other prospects, Preller showed the flimsiness of believing that the Padres’ system ranking in the mid-20s would keep him from wheeling and dealing.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flimsiness
Noun
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Dear Comcast NBCUniversal Team, The tragic loss of Charlie Kirk, a 31-year-old father, husband, and advocate for open debate, whose faith was important to him, reminds us of the fragility of life and the urgent need for unity in our nation.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
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Remembering September 11 In the years since, Jamie has often reflected on the fragility of her and her co-workers' escape.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While the field never went entirely dormant, the collapse of dedicated hardware, the brittleness of expert systems, and the failure of national mega-projects combined to bring about the second AI winter.—
Paulo Carvão,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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According to the Cleveland Clinic Health Essentials, prolonged exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays can weaken the hair shaft, leading to dryness, brittleness and breakage—similar to the damage caused by heat-styling tools.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Flimsiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flimsiness. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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