What part of speech is flimsy?

Flimsy can be categorized as an adjective and a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. flimsy is a noun, singular of flimsies.
  • 2. flimsy is an adjective.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

Adjective to adverb

What does flimsy mean?

Definitions

Adjective

flimsy - lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
flimsy - lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"
flimsy - not convincing; "unconvincing argument"; "as unconvincing as a forced smile"

Noun

flimsy - Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.
flimsy - Skimpy underwear.

Examples of flimsy

#   Sentence  
1. adj. A flimsy table.
2. adj. Flimsy construction.
3. adj. The flimsy stalls in this restroom offer very little privacy.
4. adj. For some inexplicable reason, the flimsy shack survived the storm.
5. adj. It's a bit flimsy.
6. adj. You will open a flimsy brown door.
7. adj. I have a dream where I have to climb to the sixth level of a flimsy, multi-story tent which is perched on the top of a skyscraper.
8. adj. It was a flimsy excuse at best.
9. adj. It was a flimsy excuse.
10. adj. “To contain this virus governments around the world must rely on citizens doing as they are told… In the age of entitlement, the age of the individual, the age of anti-establishment populism, this seems a very flimsy safety net indeed,” she wrote.
11. adj. That cannon looks rather flimsy.
12. adj. The flimsy cordon failed to keep back the protestors.
13. adj. There was only a flimsy latch on the gate.
14. adj. He is not so much a humorist as a satirist of the Thackeray type — unsparing in his denunciation of shams, affectations, and flimsy pretences of all kinds.
Sentence  
adj.
A flimsy table.
Flimsy construction.
The flimsy stalls in this restroom offer very little privacy.
For some inexplicable reason, the flimsy shack survived the storm.
It's a bit flimsy.
You will open a flimsy brown door.
I have a dream where I have to climb to the sixth level of a flimsy, multi-story tent which is perched on the top of a skyscraper.
It was a flimsy excuse at best.
It was a flimsy excuse.
“To contain this virus governments around the world must rely on citizens doing as they are told… In the age of entitlement, the age of the individual, the age of anti-establishment populism, this seems a very flimsy safety net indeed,” she wrote.
That cannon looks rather flimsy.
The flimsy cordon failed to keep back the protestors.
There was only a flimsy latch on the gate.
He is not so much a humorist as a satirist of the Thackeray type — unsparing in his denunciation of shams, affectations, and flimsy pretences of all kinds.

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