Flimsy Meaning in English

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التعريف

Something that is not strong, easily broken, or not convincing or effective. It can describe both physical objects and arguments or explanations.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

'Flimsy' is informal and used for both physical objects ('flimsy paper') and non-physical things like excuses or arguments ('a flimsy excuse'). Don't use for heavy or sturdy things. Common collocations: 'flimsy evidence', 'flimsy excuse', 'flimsy construction'.

• Spanish: endeble - frágil (material) - débil (argumento)
• Portuguese (BR): frágil - leve (material) - inconsistente (argumento)
• Portuguese (PT): frágil - leve (material) - inconsistente (argumento)
• Chinese (Simplified): 脆弱的 - 不结实的 - 站不住脚的（论点）
• Chinese (Traditional): 脆弱的 - 不結實的 - 站不住腳的（論點）
• Hindi: कमज़ोर - हल्का (सामग्री) - कमजोर (तर्क)
• Arabic: هش - ضعيف (مادة أو حجة)
• Bengali: হালকা - দুর্বল - টলমল
• Russian: хлипкий - ненадёжный - слабый (о доводах)
• Japanese: 薄っぺらい - 弱い - 説得力のない
• Vietnamese: mỏng manh - yếu ớt - không thuyết phục
• Korean: 얇은 - 약한 - 빈약한
• Turkish: çürük - dayanıksız - zayıf (kanıt/mazeret)
• Urdu: کمزور - بودا - غیر مؤثر
• Indonesian: tipis - rapuh - lemah (alasan/argumen)

جمل نموذجية

This chair is too flimsy to sit on.

basic

He made a flimsy excuse for being late.

basic

The box was flimsy and tore easily.

basic

Her argument was pretty flimsy, so nobody believed her.

natural

Don’t buy those flimsy sunglasses—they’ll break in a week.

natural

The tent felt so flimsy in the strong wind last night.

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