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Meanings of flimsy in English
Spanish
poco convincente Synonyms
Examples for "light"
Examples for "light"
1
Please use this number for any future references to this light-bulb issue.
2
The paper sheds new light on a big issue for technology companies.
3
With the clear morning light and dry roads, they made good time.
4
The light at this time of year has a particularly ethereal quality.
5
He made light of the problem but said he'd talk to Jason.
1
Young and thin, Miss Leroy never gave Olson Read a second thought.
2
She'd gone out with a too-tall, too-thin history major for several months.
3
Still, analysts said given the thin trading volume, volatility will likely prevail.
4
Muhyiddin has had a razor-thin majority since coming to power in March.
5
The not so thin blue line meant sure escape was not possible.
1
Young Nicolaus did admirably, his slight young body going a good distance.
2
But get under way as soon as possible.' Again the slight hesitation.
3
In recent years, Greece's much-criticised pension system has seen a slight improvement.
4
That said; don't allow a slight chill to impact on personal relationships.
5
Women's power to make decisions also showed slight improvement in some cases.
1
However, markets remain volatile and consumer sentiment is fragile, the company said.
2
Liikanen said the euro zone was still in a very fragile situation.
3
In Canterbury the health system remains fragile and is facing enormous challenges.
4
Their day's repair work underlined how fragile the island's power system remains.
5
Great care must be taken not to damage the pyramids' fragile structures.
1
Violence long preceded computer games, so the link is tenuous at best.
2
US secretary of state, John Kerry, acknowledged the tenuous situation in Kobani.
3
Still, this strikes me as a rather tenuous way of securing information.
4
Orthodox molecular models often bear a tenuous relationship to the coordinate data.
5
The relationship you draw between migration and productivity therefore seems somewhat tenuous.
Usage of flimsy in English
1
The material composing the cloak was in general exceedingly light and flimsy.
2
The whole flimsy furniture in the chambers of the general mind vanished.
3
Just says really, a few flimsy pages stapled in a paper cover.
4
The email server has been a particularly effective attack despite being flimsy.
5
Abu Fadi was building a flimsy structure for his family of 11.
6
There was a padlock knocking in the wind on the flimsy door.
7
Many of the victims perished after their flimsy mud-brick homes caved in.
8
But the evidence for these claims is flimsy, to say the least.
9
It's not very original, and it feels flimsy and forced at times.
10
The blockbusters are often flimsy carnivals of pyrotechnics studded with DOA dialogue.
11
Emotionally based promises made earlier may be a little flimsy in particular!
12
The door she was facing was superior to the usual flimsy-looking door.
13
She picked up the flimsy sheet again and re-read the pitiful words.
14
But perhaps she found the flimsy skirt of the tea-gown sufficient protection.
15
Have you ever seen the flimsy locks on a diary? Dixie chuckled.
16
The resulting construct looked flimsy, too thin to support a man's weight.
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