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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Flimsy \Flim"sy\, a. [Compar. Flimsier; superl. Flimsiest.]
     [Cf. W. llymsi naked, bare, empty, sluggish, spiritless. Cf.
     Limsy.]
     Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or
     solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without
     reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse,
     objection.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines.  --Pope.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.
                                                    --Sheridan.
  
     Syn: Weak; feeble; superficial; shallow; vain.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Flimsy \Flim"sy\, a. [Compar. Flimsier; superl. Flimsiest.]
     [Cf. W. llymsi naked, bare, empty, sluggish, spiritless. Cf.
     Limsy.]
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  flimsier
       See flimsy

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  flimsier
     a.
     (en-comparative of: flimsy)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  flimsier
     a.
     (en-comparative of: flimsy)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  flimsier
     a.
     (en-comparative of: flimsy)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  flimsier
     a.
     (en-comparative of: flimsy)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  flimsier
     Englanti a.
     (en-a-taivm f lims ier)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  flimsier
     Engelska a.
     (böjning en adj flimsy)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Flimsier /flˈɪmziˌə/
  أضعف

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  flimsier /flˈɪmziˌə/ 
  chatrnější

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  flimsier /flˈɪmziə/
  schwächer
   see: flimsy, flimsiest
  

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