flimsy
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˈflɪm.zi/
:
poco convincente
- His excuse for being late was too flimsy to convince the manager.
Their empathy is flimsy at best.
- Their empathy is flimsy at best.
- So that the willingness of those in power to do the wrong thing for the flimsiest pretext with I think, was a big important lesson.
- Yeah, I think the other thing as well is that men's friendships are more flimsy in terms of the one-on-one than women's are.
- But they're clearly trying to paint a larger picture and obscure what I think is like a pretty minor, flimsy and weak case.
- And we also know that this is not the time to advance some flimsy plan for negotiation with someone who is simply not interested.
- By the way, I love that you pointed out how flimsy and fake the the checks and the protections are, which is a paradox to, you know, to what you're saying.
Examples
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The lawyer realized that her flimsy argument lacked any substantial evidence.
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Before you go all crazy, the study showed how flimsy it was, to say the very least.
Blog text (2) -
Uh, the fact remains, the evidence here is flimsy.
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Their empathy is flimsy at best.
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I welcome the opportunity to prove that all the evidence against my client is not only flimsy, it's fabricated.
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She betrayed all of us, and, in fact, the evidence was flimsy.
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Bush pushed through a unilateral invasion of Iraq on a flimsy pretext for pretty obvious geopolitical reasons.
Blog text (11) -
Now the district attorney's decision to charge him using a case that relies solely on flimsy circumstantial evidence and hearsay smacks of election year desperation.
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After reviewing the data, the researcher deemed the findings to be flimsy and unreliable.
Synonyms
594
1.2
Small in amount or degree
350
6.8
Weak and not convincing, often given as an excuse
221
5.2
Not strong or convincing, for example an argument
39
3.9
Based on weak support and likely to fail
30
7.6
Very weak and not likely to be important or true
11
5.1
Failing to make someone believe what you say
9
6.8
Not solid or strong and not filling
5
7.5
A reason or explanation that is very weak and not believable
Very weak and unconvincing, like a poor excuse
Very weak and hard to believe
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
How Convincing
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7.8
298
5.1
195
3.4
129
7.2
19
4.6
11
5.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flimsy moved from a physical meaning to a figurative one: because something flimsy is 'weak' or 'light', people began using it for weak ideas or excuses that cannot hold up. That's why a 'flimsy' argument is not convincing.