flimsy

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flimsy
[ˈflɪmzɪ]
adjetivo
1endeble (structure, fence); ligero(a) (dress); débil, flojo(a) (excuse, evidence)

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flimsy [flim-si]
adjetivo
1Débil, endeble; fútil, insubstancial, poco sólido; ineficaz, frívolo.
  • A flimsy argument -> argumento frívolo
  • Flimsies -> s
2pl.
Papel delgado de calcar; papel de tela de cebolla.

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flimsy [ˈflɪmzɪ]
adjective
flimsier (comparative)flimsiest (superlative)
1 (thin) [+dress] muy ligero; [+material] muy ligero; muy delgado; [+paper] muy fino
she was wearing only a thin robe over a flimsy nightdress They flaunt themselves provocatively in flimsy clothes He pulled out a sheet of flimsy paper and passed it across to me
2 (weak, insubstantial) [+structure] poco sólido; endeble; [+excuse, pretext] pobre; [+argument, evidence] poco sólido; inconsistente
some hid in their own flimsy family shelters He lowered his compact frame into the flimsy little chair He hit the flimsy wooden panel with his muscular shoulder The story is a flimsy excuse to recycle old material they shot anyone they chose, often on the flimsiest pretext they had already made their judgment on the flimsy evidence of that supposed phone call Assumptions have to be made on the flimsiest of evidence he was convicted on the flimsiest of evidence
noun
(Britain) (thin paper) papel de copiar; (m) (copy) copia; (f)

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