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What is the adjective for flimsy?

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flimsy
  1. Likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.
  2. (figuratively) Weak; ill-founded.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Men wearing short-sleeved shirts and girls in flimsy dresses and bare legs happily parade about in practically sub-zero temperatures.”
      “The majority are trying to reach the Canary Islands in flimsy boats.”
      “Once again, the exegetical basis is too flimsy to support the revisionist view.”
flimsier
  1. comparative form of flimsy: more flimsy
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Fayette was dressed in an even flimsier dress than usual that left nothing to the imagination.”
      “That made six occupants in the pup tent, a shelter that seemed flimsier and flimsier as the winds reached gale velocities.”
      “Lyttleton was of flimsier stuff, or instinct were untrustworthy.”
flimsiest
  1. superlative form of flimsy: most flimsy
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  3. Examples:
    1. “This would bring an end to his many attempts to extort money from organisations on the flimsiest of pretexts.”
      “The first film is a ragbag of disconnected routines built around the flimsiest of plots, taken directly from a successful stage revue.”
      “What more evidence is required when the imagination conjures up the flimsiest of evidence?”
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