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Made of very light or thin material

Rickety in structure and easily damaged

Not very convincing

Not likely to be true or accurate

Not supported or proven by evidence

(of a material or fabric) Having a smooth texture that is gentle to the sense of touch

Significantly below an amount or level that is adequate

Lacking intellectual depth or substance

Cheap, badly made, or of low quality

Of little value or importance

Drooping, sagging or hanging limply

Impractical and foolishly idealistic

Insincere or devoid of validity

Not careful or thorough

Unsuitable for a particular purpose

An exact copy or model of something, especially one on a smaller scale

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Adjective

Made of very light or thin material

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“Men wearing short-sleeved shirts and girls in flimsy dresses and bare legs happily parade about in practically sub-zero temperatures.”

Adjective

Rickety in structure and easily damaged

thrown together

on its last legs

falling to pieces

easily destroyed

easily threatened

gone to rack and ruin

in a state of disrepair

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“The majority are trying to reach the Canary Islands in flimsy boats.”

Adjective

Not very convincing

scarcely credible

hard to swallow

difficult to believe

hard to believe

lacking substance

won't hold water

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“Once again, the exegetical basis is too flimsy to support the revisionist view.”

Adjective

Not likely to be true or accurate

hard to swallow

difficult to believe

out of the ordinary

beyond the bounds of possibility

won't hold water

scarcely credible

self-contradictory

hard to believe

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“Her flimsy explanation for the deadly varmints' presence had assuaged all my curiosity yesterday, but now I had a dozen follow-up questions.”

Adjective

Not supported or proven by evidence

unsubstantiated

without foundation

open to question

not backed up by evidence

hard to believe

inconsequential

wide of the mark

without substantiation

unauthorized^US

open to suspicion

subject to debate

without justification

unauthorised^UK

without explanation

under suspicion

won't hold water

self-contradictory

under advisement

under examination

open to discussion

unauthenticated

misrepresentative

wrongly inferred

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Adjective

(of a material or fabric) Having a smooth texture that is gentle to the sense of touch

like a baby's bottom

covered with fur

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Adjective

Significantly below an amount or level that is adequate

too little too late

barely sufficient

inconsequential

in short supply

thin on the ground

few and far between

hard to come by

not to be had for love nor money

thinly distributed

seldom met with

on the small side

coming up short

scarcer than hen's teeth

in the minority

out of the ordinary

nothing more than

out of the common

once in a blue moon

as scarce as hens' teeth

on the back of an envelope

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Adjective

Lacking intellectual depth or substance

Adjective

Cheap, badly made, or of low quality

bargain-basement

thrown together

knocked together

cheap and nasty

good-for-nothing

rough-and-tumble

carelessly built

rough-and-ready

pieced together

ill-constructed

dissatisfactory

a load of pants

not up to snuff

not up to scratch

inconsequential

leaving much to be desired

less-than-stellar

undistinguished

not up to standard

twopenny-halfpenny

underprivileged

not good enough

no great shakes

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

unfavourable^UK

strictly for the birds

of poor quality

end-of-the-pier

not up to expectations

foolish-looking

of little account

nickel-and-dime

leaving a lot to be desired

lowest of the low

counterproductive

lower in status

beneath someone

under someone's heel

not very important

not so important

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Adjective

Of little value or importance

inconsequential

of no consequence

nickel-and-dime

of little account

of no importance

not worth mentioning

of little consequence

of little importance

twopenny-halfpenny

beside the point

not worth bothering about

of minor importance

of little import

not worth speaking of

unconsequential

hardly worth mentioning

neither here nor there

of no significance

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Adjective

Drooping, sagging or hanging limply

lacking firmness

supported from above

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Adjective

Impractical and foolishly idealistic

without substance

Adjective

Insincere or devoid of validity

devoid of validity

lacking sincerity

terminologically inexact

economical with the truth

with tongue in cheek

double-crossing

not entirely truthful

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

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Adjective

Not careful or thorough

inconsequential

walking through it

going through the motions

on the back of an envelope

in nothing flat

dangerously fast

flash in the pan

here today and gone tomorrow

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Adjective

Unsuitable for a particular purpose

not good enough

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

lacking ability

leaving much to be desired

no great shakes

not equipped to

unequal to the task

out of your depth

lacking experience

not know one's arse from one's elbow

unable to do something for toffee

not cut out for

inappropriate to

not designed for

counterproductive

out of character

disproportionate

nonprofessional

all fingers and thumbs

unsophisticated

with two left feet

having two left hands

having two left feet

without finesse

couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery

lacking finesse

unqualified for

unable to do something

out of one's element

can't make the grade

disadvantageous

good-for-nothing

non-professional

rough and ready

rough-and-tumble

rough-and-ready

up creek without paddle

with hands tied

lacking in propriety

like a bull in a china shop

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Noun

An exact copy or model of something, especially one on a smaller scale

chip off the old block

small-scale version

virtual reality

poor substitute

version in miniature

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Noun

A banknote

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