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Flim·sy a. [Compar. Flimsier superl. Flimsiest.] Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse, objection.
Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines. --Pope.
All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain. --Sheridan.
Syn: -- Weak; feeble; superficial; shallow; vain.
flimsy
adj 1: lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy
construction"; "a fragile link with the past" [syn: fragile]
2: having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse";
"slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
[syn: slight, tenuous, thin]
3: very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile";
"light summer dresses" [syn: light]
4: resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness; "apartments
with cardboard walls" [syn: cardboard]
n : a thin strong light-weight translucent paper used especially
for making carbon copies [syn: onionskin]
[also: flimsiest, flimsier]