flimsy
Example Sentences
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The 8-foot by 8-foot sheds have become a staple of quick solutions to homelessness but face the criticism of being cramped, flimsy and undignified.
From Los Angeles Times
“He must have come up the mountain trying to get back home, and he ran out across the pool cover without realizing it was flimsy plastic,” Akira said.
From Literature
It was a transparently flimsy excuse, and Ms. Cook promptly sued on the grounds that the firing was illegal.
The point is substance — something that makes the bowl feel anchoring, not flimsy.
From Salon
But it was little comfort, and Boaz was certain that as soon as the lion realized they were a much more appetizing prospect than a flimsy lighter, it’d be back.
From Literature
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