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

  Flimsy \Flim"sy\, n.
     1. Thin or transfer paper.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A bank note. [Slang, Eng.]
        [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Flimsy \Flim"sy\, n.
     1. Thin or transfer paper.
  
     2. A bank note. [Slang, Eng.]

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 Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  flimsy
     Αγγλικά n.
     αδύναμος, που είναι πιθανόν ότι θα λυγίσει ή θα καταρρεύσει υπό
  πίεση

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

  flimsy
     a.
     Likely to bend or break under pressure.
     n.
     Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.

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

  flimsy
     a.
     Likely to bend or break under pressure.
     n.
     Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.

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

  flimsy
     a.
     Likely to bend or break under pressure.
     n.
     Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.

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

  flimsy
     a.
     Likely to bend or break under pressure.
     n.
     Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.

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

  flimsy
     Englanti a.
     hatara, hutera; heppoinen, heppoisa
     Englanti n.
     läpilyöntipaperi

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

  flimsy
     Engelska a.
     bräcklig, svag, ohållbar

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

  Flimsy /flˈɪmzi/
  ضعيف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  flimsy //ˈflɪmzi// 
  крехък, слаб, чуплив
  likely to bend or break under pressure

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  flimsy //ˈflɪmzi// 
  пелюр
  Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies

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

  flimsy /flˈɪmzi/ 
  tenký

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

  flimsy /flˈɪmzi/ 
  kopírák

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

  flimsy /flˈɪmzi/ 
  nekvalitní

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

  flimsy /flˈɪmzi/
  chabý

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

  flimsy /flˈɪmzi/
  slabý

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

  flimsy /flˈɪmzi/
  fadenscheinig 
           Note: Ausrede

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

  flimsy /flˈɪmzi/
  schwach, dünn, leicht 
   see: flimsier, flimsiest
  

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

  flimsy /flˈɪmzi/
  unsolide, nicht stabil 
     Synonym: shoddy
  
   see: jerry-built
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  flimsy /flˈɪmzi/
  
  φτωχός, εύθραστος, λεπτός

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  flimsy //ˈflɪmzi// 
  hatara, heppoinen 2.
  weak; ill-founded
   3.
  likely to bend or break under pressure

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  flimsy //ˈflɪmzi// 
  läpilyöntipaperi
  Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  flimsy /flˈɪmzi/ 
  1. पतला कपड़ा
        "She always wears flimsy clothes."
  2. कमज़ोर
        "The material is packed in flimsy boxes."
        "The prosecution could make only a flimsy case."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  flimsy /flˈɪmzi/
  slab, tanak, tanki papir

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  flimsy /flˈɪmzi/
  1. könnyû
  2. gyarló
  3. vékony
  4. selyempapír
  5. laza
  6. másolópapír
  7. gyenge

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  flimsy /ˈflɪmzɪ/ 
   1.  wątły
   2.  przewiewny, cienki

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  flimsy /flˈɪmzi/
  1. seyrek dokunmuş ve kolayca yırtılabilen (kumaş), hafif, ince, dayanıksız
  2. inanılması güç:  müsvedde kâğıdı. flimsily  hafifçe, dayanıksız bir şekilde. flimsiness  hafif ve ince oluş, dayanıksızlık.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɫɪmzi/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  159 Moby Thesaurus words for "flimsy":
     adulterated, airy, asinine, attenuate, attenuated, boyish,
     breakable, brittle, brittle as glass, catchpenny, cheap-jack,
     cobwebby, crackable, crisp, crispy, crumbly, crushable, cut,
     dainty, decrepit, delicate, delicately weak, diaphanous,
     dilapidated, dilute, diluted, effeminate, empty, ethereal, fatuous,
     feeble, filmy, fine, fine-drawn, finespun, fissile, flabby,
     flaccid, floppy, foolish, fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible,
     friable, fribble, fribbling, frivolous, frothy, futile, gaseous,
     gauzy, gimcrack, gimcracky, girlish, gossamer, gossamery, gracile,
     idle, implausible, improbable, inadequate, inane, inconceivable,
     inconclusive, incredible, infirm, insubstantial, jerry,
     jerry-built, lacerable, lacy, lax, light, lightweight, limp, loose,
     makeshift, misty, namby-pamby, nugacious, nugatory, otiose, paltry,
     papery, pasteboardy, poor, puny, ramshackle, rare, rarefied,
     relaxed, rickety, rubbery, scissile, shaky, shallow, shatterable,
     shattery, sheer, shivery, silly, sissified, sleazy, slender,
     slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, small,
     splintery, subtile, subtle, superficial, svelte, sylphlike, tacky,
     tenuous, thin, thin-bodied, thin-set, thin-spun, thinned,
     thinned-out, thinnish, threadlike, transparent, trifling, trite,
     trivial, unbelievable, uncompact, uncompressed, unconvincing,
     unproved, unrigorous, unsatisfactory, unsound, unsubstantial,
     unsustained, vacuous, vague, vain, vapid, vaporous, vulnerable,
     wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, weakly, willowy,
     windy, wiredrawn, wispy, womanish
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 易坏的,脆弱的,浅薄的;
  n. 薄纸,描图用薄纸,薄纸稿纸;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 易坏的,脆弱的,浅薄的
     n. 薄纸,描图用薄纸,薄纸稿纸

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