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flimsiness
[flim-zee] 
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flimsiness
[flim-zee]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weakness |
| Synonyms: | delicacy, delicateness, feebleness, flaw, fragileness, fragility, frailness, frailty, insubstantiality, shoddiness, shortcoming, unsoundness, unsubstantiality |
| Main Entry: | frailty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weakness, flaw |
| Synonyms: | Achilles heel, blemish, daintiness, debility, decrepitude, defect, deficiency, delicacy, error, failing, fallibility, fault, feebleness, flimsiness, foible, foil, imperfection, infirmity, peccability, peccadillo, shortcoming, solecism, suscept, weak point |
| Antonyms: | firmness, strength |
| Main Entry: | fragileness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | frailness |
| Synonyms: | debility, decrepitude, delicacy, delicateness, enfeeblement, feebleness, flimsiness, fragility, frailty, infirmity, unsoundness, weakliness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | frailness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fragileness |
| Synonyms: | debility, decrepitude, delicacy, delicateness, enfeeblement, feebleness, flimsiness, fragility, frailty, infirmity, unsoundness, weakliness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | insubstantiality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | infirmity |
| Synonyms: | affliction, ailing, ailment, confinement, debilitation, debility, decay, decrepitude, defect, deficiency, delicacy, delicateness, disease, diseasedness, disorder, failing, fault, feebleness, flimsiness, flu, fragileness, fragility, frailness, frailty, ill health, imperfection, indisposition, malady, malaise, puniness, shortcoming, sickliness, unhealth, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unsubstantiality, unwellness, vulnerability, weakliness, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | puniness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | infirmity |
| Synonyms: | affliction, ailing, ailment, confinement, debilitation, debility, decay, decrepitude, defect, deficiency, delicacy, delicateness, disease, diseasedness, disorder, failing, fault, feebleness, flimsiness, flu, fragileness, fragility, frailness, frailty, ill health, imperfection, indisposition, insubstantiality, malady, malaise, shortcoming, sickliness, unhealth, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unsubstantiality, unwellness, vulnerability, weakliness, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unsoundness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | infirmity |
| Synonyms: | affliction, ailing, ailment, confinement, debilitation, debility, decay, decrepitude, defect, deficiency, delicacy, delicateness, disease, diseasedness, disorder, failing, fault, feebleness, flimsiness, flu, fragileness, fragility, frailness, frailty, ill health, imperfection, indisposition, insubstantiality, malady, malaise, puniness, shortcoming, sickliness, unhealth, unhealthiness, unsubstantiality, unwellness, vulnerability, weakliness, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unsubstantiality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | infirmity |
| Synonyms: | affliction, ailing, ailment, confinement, debilitation, debility, decay, decrepitude, defect, deficiency, delicacy, delicateness, disease, diseasedness, disorder, failing, fault, feebleness, flimsiness, flu, fragileness, fragility, frailness, frailty, ill health, imperfection, indisposition, insubstantiality, malady, malaise, puniness, shortcoming, sickliness, unhealth, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwellness, vulnerability, weakliness, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | weakliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | infirmity |
| Synonyms: | affliction, ailing, ailment, confinement, debilitation, debility, decay, decrepitude, defect, deficiency, delicacy, delicateness, disease, diseasedness, disorder, failing, fault, feebleness, flimsiness, flu, fragileness, fragility, frailness, frailty, ill health, imperfection, indisposition, insubstantiality, malady, malaise, puniness, shortcoming, sickliness, unhealth, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unsubstantiality, unwellness, vulnerability, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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