as in insubstantiality
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wispiness
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The Federal Police deployed a massive show of force — including armored vehicles and heavy weaponry — to apprehend a small group, creating a media spectacle that starkly contrasted with the flimsiness of the legal case.—
Evandro Cruz Silva,
The Dial,
10 Feb. 2026 -
The top is extra supportive thanks to an extended bottom and somehow offers cleavage without flimsiness.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
7 Feb. 2026
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With a daintiness at odds with its 120 kilos, the bear extricates its wrist from the tie and calmly takes its leave.—
Ganesh Marín,
The Dial,
7 Oct. 2025
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Mulligan delivers lacerating fragility, while Isaac turns Josh’s accommodating nature into a pathology, but both characters are littered with backstory details that Beef leaves hanging.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
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While the confrontation remains largely rhetorical for now, the sharp escalation in language, and the competing interests driving it, highlight the fragility of the regional landscape and the limits of Washington’s ability to keep both sides aligned.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Wispiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wispiness. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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