adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a feeble/flimsy/weak excuse (= one that is difficult to believe )
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Joe muttered some feeble excuse about having a headache.
flimsy (= not good enough to make you believe something )
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Their conclusions are drawn from some very flimsy evidence.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
evidence
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The school claimed that the decision was based on flimsy evidence from an unsatisfactory inspection in April.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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flimsy underwear
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a shantytown of flimsy wood and tin structures
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It was impossible for me to sleep under a single flimsy blanket on such a cold night.
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The evidence against him is very flimsy .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After all, he had little to go on - the evidence was too flimsy .
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Alice struggled out of the flimsy pink nightgown and tossed it at the foot of the bed.
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Do you have a flimsy , glass-panelled back door?
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In some spots, villagers were building cinder-block houses, a sturdy if ugly improvement over their flimsy bamboo shacks.
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It was almost a shock to realise that there were actually big waves out beyond the flimsy rim of woven basketwork.
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Lucien enjoyed spending time in his company, but anticipated the day when this flimsy alliance would end.
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She punched tiny discs from a flimsy sheet of iron foil and placed them in the anvil.