What is "flimsiest"

Flimsy \Flim"sy\, a. [Compar. Flimsier; superl. Flimsiest.] [Cf. W. llymsi naked, bare, empty, sluggish, spiritless. Cf. Limsy.] Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse, objection.

Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines.
--Pope.

All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.
--Sheridan.

Syn: Weak; feeble; superficial; shallow; vain.

a. (en-superlativeflimsy)

1. adj. lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"; "a fragile link with the past" [syn: fragile]

2. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot" [syn: slight, tenuous, thin]

3. very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile"; "light summer dresses" [syn: light]

4. resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness; "apartments with cardboard walls" [syn: cardboard]

5. n. a thin strong light-weight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies [syn: onionskin]

6. [also: flimsiest, flimsier]

See flimsy