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Synonyms for flimsy

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Synonyms for flimsy

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Synonyms for flimsy

a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies

lacking solidity or strength

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not convincing

lacking substance or significance

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But there is no firm evidence yet that the flimsier bridges actually work, and data is still being gathered.
"Divergent is no Hunger Games; it's much flimsier and less nuanced.
Rahman also believes the traditional beds are stronger where the construction of the new metal beds is flimsier.
Perhaps the flimsier wire would keep him from climbing.
They huffed and puffed in the group, lumbered past mighty Slovakia, and beat Brazil with the simple tactic of lobbing it into the box, as the Samba Kings' much-trumpeted defence proved flimsier than a Copacabana thong.
The appellate panel found that the process for sorting prisoners at Bagram was even flimsier than the one at Guantanamo, which the Supreme Court said was inadequate.
The outfits -- both see- through dresses and tunics -- inspired the pert models to parade in flimsy Gstrings and flimsier bustiers.
Perhaps if you are writing a short book denouncing society's fondness for flimsier pleasures, you are entitled to exaggerate.
Yet the narrator must also reluctantly reveal that these borders between herself and these vanished souls are flimsier than she hopes.
Common does not bad mouth those who play a flimsier brand of hip-hop, and he even granted a pass on the hyped-up "battle" between his friend West and 50 Cent over who would sell more records when both released new albums last month (West trounced 50).
The Sansa's array of buttons looks like a ClickWheel but is less elegant and feels flimsier. On the Gigabeat, adjusting volume, pausing playback or skipping to the next or previous song requires pressing tiny buttons on its side.
The result is flimsier, less informative newspapers that are bad for public discourse and, ultimately, for democracy.
Kickers will be closer together here, too, to help keep the bend in place and support the somewhat flimsier board.
4 Well suited by switching to Polytrack and stepping up to this seven-furlong trip last time, recording a career-best effort to win a Wolverhampton nursery in style 4 Offers rock-solid handicap form against key rivals whose claims rest on flimsier evidence from maiden and conditions races 7 Not ideally drawn in stall eight The Vodafone Race Track Novice Stakes is a cracking contest featuring six previous winners and a couple of interesting newcomers who receive lumps of weight, so a lively market looks assured.
If the 1994- intervention was too little and too short to do lasting good, what does Martin expect to accomplish with a much flimsier effort this time?