flimsy
flimsy Lexical Profile
flimsy Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Light, thin, and insubstantial in structure or material; easily damaged or broken.
"The garden shed had a flimsy roof that barely survived the winter windstorm."
Lacking plausibility, substance, or convincing force (especially of an excuse, argument, or pretext).
"The committee rejected the proposal because the financial projections were based on flimsy assumptions."
• noun
A very thin sheet of paper (such as onionskin or transfer paper) formerly used by journalists and typists to make multiple carbon copies, or a document typed on such paper.
"The archivist carefully unfolded the yellowed flimsy containing the original telegraph dispatch."
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Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in the early 18th century, probably formed by metathesis from 'filmsy' (from 'film', meaning a thin layer) and influenced by 'limp' or 'flimflam'.