Adjective : a flimsy fabric; a flimsy structure. ,a flimsy excuse. From Dictionary.com.
Nor to the spider, aloft her silk-slight flimsiness hanging. From Wordnik.com. [The Poems and Fragments of Catullus] Reference
Barry Beelzebub on the flimsiness of the modern 50 pence coin. From Wordnik.com. [Class] Reference
There's a flimsiness to the characters and the plot is contrived. From Wordnik.com. [The News Where You Are by Catherine O'Flynn] Reference
I think the biggest problem I have with the pan is its flimsiness. From Wordnik.com. [Facing My Fear of Silicone Bakeware] Reference
Nor to the spider, aloft her silk-slight flimsiness hanging. From Wordnik.com. [Poems and Fragments] Reference
Despite its flimsiness, the story stayed alive for nearly two years. From Wordnik.com. [COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE] Reference
Eaglestone can be disregarded for its complete flimsiness and irrelevance. From Wordnik.com. [Plaid Cymru bloggers at the helm] Reference
How it reveals, glories in, exposing the flimsiness of what holds art together. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
The flimsiness of the reason to go to war with Iraq requires that we be distracted. From Wordnik.com. [High Alert] Reference
Most members couldn't see the names; others grew frustrated by the board's flimsiness. From Wordnik.com. [Fantasy's Chairman of the Board] Reference
Their huge effect on the projected surpluses underlines the flimsiness of the exercise. From Wordnik.com. [The Seduction Of Surpluses] Reference
I remember the night I realized the truth about the flimsiness of Clark Kent's disguise. From Wordnik.com. [Friday bits and pieces | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference
Lindor, it seems and repeatedly pointing out the sheer flimsiness of the cases they bring. From Wordnik.com. [Monday Quick Hits] Reference
Instead, there is an overall feeling of flimsiness - a sense of a world devoid of substance. From Wordnik.com. [America Has Left the Building: An Open Missive of Anger and Hope] Reference
Bitterly cold weather suddenly arrived, however, which made us aware of the flimsiness of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919] Reference
They disregarded the increasing flimsiness of the traditional political structure altogether. From Wordnik.com. [The Shape of Things to Come] Reference
So it could be overturned by demonstration of the flimsiness of statistical significance also. jae. From Wordnik.com. [NAS Panel #2: Bristlecones « Climate Audit] Reference
As a rule, the house is of but one story, and its flimsiness comes from two reasons, both very good ones. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps at Many Lands: Japan] Reference
In good times and bad, much of the economy that caters to older adults has a house-of-cards flimsiness to it. From Wordnik.com. [Shock of Gray] Reference
Then, with the coming of spring, the flimsiness of the Cameron project will finally become clear to the British people. From Wordnik.com. [Downing Street is now the last refuge of the electorally damned] Reference
This concerned me, not because of the flimsiness of her argument, but because the mind caulk should have prevented such thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [What's Already In There] Reference
As soon as the light went out, she reluctantly opened the buttons of her cloak and was horribly aware of the flimsiness of her gown. From Wordnik.com. [Unforgiven]
Unless a great body of colour be used, even in the most transparent painting, white grounds are apt to give a weakness and flimsiness. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
I was disappointed by the flimsiness of the making-of material. From Wordnik.com. [High-Def Digest: All High-Def Disc News] Reference
There was far too much flimsiness and fashionability about their social circle. From Wordnik.com. [The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols] Reference
Our modern revivalists profess to despise the flimsiness of the first attempts in this direction. From Wordnik.com. [Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.)] Reference
He exposed the flimsiness of the charges against him, and the gross partiality of the proceedings. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion] Reference
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