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flimsy

 
/ˈflɪm·zi/ adj

Definition

(of material) very thin, or (of a structure or object) badly made and weak, and therefore easily broken or destroyed: a flimsy dress a flimsy building Flimsy also means weak and not persuasive: They convicted the defendant on very flimsy evidence.
(Definition of flimsy adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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