Flimsy is an English word with synonyms like weak or thin. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Flimsy in a sentence
Flimsy meaning
- Likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial.
- Of clothing: very light and thin.
Synonyms of Flimsy
Flimsy vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Flimsy
- The main meaning on this page is: Likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial. | Likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial. | Of clothing: very light and thin.
- Useful related words include: weak, thin, typewriter paper, onionskin.
- Possible Dutch translations are: breekbaar.
- In the example corpus, flimsy often appears in combinations such as: flimsy and, the flimsy, on flimsy.
Context around Flimsy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flimsy
- In this selection, "flimsy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, light, despite, particularly, plastic, recovery and narrative stand out and add context to how "flimsy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are rather flimsy arguments that and aren t flimsy so i. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flimsy" sits close to words such as acumen, agri and ajayi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flimsy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The evidence against her was at best flimsy. (8 words)
Instead of flimsy pins, universal socket wrenches have robust metal pins that push inward. (14 words)
No premise was too flimsy to get thrown on to the pile of spurious evidence. (15 words)
Noa’s failing and leaving all but confirmed Ana being under Sergio’s spell, even if the reasoning behind it was flimsy, as Ana only saw herself in Sergio because they were both seen as exceptionally gifted but also as outcasts during childhood. (43 words)
And the supermarkets listened, and the brown paper bags were replaced by flimsy plastic bags which were okay, until you carried anything heavier that a two-litre milk carton, because the handles would break and everything would fall on the floor. (41 words)
In “Crossings,” Goldfarb profiles several of them and catalogs their many remedies for roadkill, including “flimsy-looking rope courses” strung between forest canopies so that apes in Taiwan and monkeys in Brazil can swing across the freeway. (37 words)
These are rather flimsy arguments that distract from the real question: Is Måneskin an exciting band of enough quality to extend the initial hype for long? (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to the RAC: "While light, flimsy and impractical footwear can be dangerous, so can sturdy, robust shoes, such as walking or snow boots.
And the supermarkets listened, and the brown paper bags were replaced by flimsy plastic bags which were okay, until you carried anything heavier that a two-litre milk carton, because the handles would break and everything would fall on the floor.
Anti-death penalty campaigners say that the case encapsulates Singapore’s ardent use of capital punishment, which is often imposed despite flimsy or circumstantial evidence.
Chauvin’s lawyers were in court on Wednesday arguing what appeared to be a flimsy, if not completely desperate case, considering the overwhelming amount of evidence that helped convict the disgraced former police officer.
He added: “The now First Minister’s flimsy recovery plan has completely failed to remobilise frontline services.
He said the show’s theme of political conceit allows him to capture 68 minutes of non-stop self-effacing hilarity into one ‘flimsy’ narrative framework.
I found it easy to pack them and they aren’t flimsy, so I didn’t worry about them losing their shape.
In “Crossings,” Goldfarb profiles several of them and catalogs their many remedies for roadkill, including “flimsy-looking rope courses” strung between forest canopies so that apes in Taiwan and monkeys in Brazil can swing across the freeway.
In his caption, the logistics manager said his wife, a pastor's daughter, left their home in Benin and moved to on flimsy excuses to engage in nonsense.
Instead of flimsy pins, universal socket wrenches have robust metal pins that push inward.
Libyan departures used to be riskier, he said, but because Tunisia-based smugglers have been using particularly flimsy vessels lately, that route is becoming increasingly deadlier.
Many Ministers, during that period, were in the habit of evading summons to the National for one flimsy reason or the other.
Noa’s failing and leaving all but confirmed Ana being under Sergio’s spell, even if the reasoning behind it was flimsy, as Ana only saw herself in Sergio because they were both seen as exceptionally gifted but also as outcasts during childhood.
No premise was too flimsy to get thrown on to the pile of spurious evidence.
Our speech is being restricted to protect flimsy political ideas and ruthless corporate interest – and everyone knows it.
The attorney and former New York City mayor had nothing positive to say about Briggs either, arguing he’s a politically motivated prosecutor with a flimsy case.
The evidence against her was at best flimsy.
The mostly Muslim Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar, and thousands risk their lives each year on long and expensive sea journeys, often in flimsy boats, to try to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.
These are rather flimsy arguments that distract from the real question: Is Måneskin an exciting band of enough quality to extend the initial hype for long?
The Supreme Court, the same court that freed Lula from jail, declared such reform unconstitutional in September 2020 based on the flimsy argument that printing the votes would risk the secrecy and liberty of voting.
Common combinations with flimsy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- flimsy and 13×
- the flimsy 13×
- on flimsy 10×
- and flimsy 8×
- as flimsy 5×
- of flimsy 4×
- flimsy as 4×
- flimsy argument 4×
- so flimsy 4×
- flimsy grounds 4×