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/ˈflɪmzi/ · adjective
Likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial..
He expected the flimsy structure to collapse at any moment.
Yet do I carry every vvhere vvith me ſuch a confounded farago of doubts, fears, hopes, vviſhes, and all the flimſy furniture of a country Miſs's brain!
But reveries (for human minds vvill act) / Specious in ſhovv, impoſſible in fact, / Thoſe flimſy vvebs that break as ſoon as vvrought, / Attain not to the dignity of thought.
[T]here always comes a day when the rouſed publick indignation kicks their flimſy edifice down, and ſends its cowardly enemies a-flying.
[…] I would have pulled that window out by its frame, if need be, to get to that table. There was no need, for the flimsy clasp gave at the first pull, and the sashes swung open.
"I've done nothing yet," he would say, "I don't think I've got any real genius. But if I keep trying I may write a good book." Fine dives have been made from flimsier spring-boards.
a flimsy excuse
the flimsiest of theories
Use flimsy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Flimsy means Likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial..
Common synonyms include fragile, shaky, cheap, shoddy.
Possible antonyms include robust, strong, sturdy, unflimsy.
He expected the flimsy structure to collapse at any moment.
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