flimsy

About 0.99 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   He expected the flimsy structure to collapse at any moment.

2. adjective Of clothing: very light and thin.
3. adjective Of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak; also, unimportant; paltry, trivial.

   a flimsy excuse

4. adjective Of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak; also, unimportant; paltry, trivial.

   a flimsy excuse

5. adjective Of a person: lacking depth of character or understanding; frivolous, superficial.
6. adjective Of a person, their physical makeup, or their health: delicate, frail.
7. noun A thing which is ill-founded, unconvincing, or weak.
8. noun Thin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document; a sheet of such paper.

Similar words

fragile weak tenuous inferior thin slight onionskin cardboard light frail

Often followed by

and evidence pretext excuse as to grounds paper wooden

Word family

flimsier flimsies flimsiest flimsily flimsiness flimsinesses