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flimsy <-ier, -iest> [ˈflɪmzɪ] ADJ

1. flimsy (light):

flimsy dress, blouse

2. flimsy construction:

flimsy

3. flimsy excuse, argument:

flimsy

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Ten years later, the first flimsy, portable boardwalk was built, but it washed away within two years. en.wikipedia.org

It is an alarming passage, suggesting just how many are being carried by that flimsy little aircraft. en.wikipedia.org

The nest is a flimsy platform of short twigs placed on a horizontal branch. en.wikipedia.org

He felt that the melee combat was also flimsy. en.wikipedia.org

But in a few generations it will be a flimsy husk of itself at its height. en.wikipedia.org

The pupa is found in a barely recognisable flimsy cocoon. en.wikipedia.org

It was later determined that police had based their operation on flimsy evidence and stereotypes. en.wikipedia.org

The structure is relatively flimsy and the hollow stem often breaks, even when handled very gently. en.wikipedia.org

However, the sample is probably relied upon too heavily and once you realise that, the verses sound rather flimsy. en.wikipedia.org

The nest is a typical pigeon construction, a flimsy structure of twigs and grasses usually placed high in a tree in thick forest. en.wikipedia.org

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