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flimsy adjective

  /ˈflɪmzi/
  • Of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak; also, unimportant; paltry, trivial. [from 18th c.]
 hatara, heppoinen
  • Of clothing: very light and thin.
 niukka

flimsy noun

  /ˈflɪmzi/
  • (UK, military slang) A hexahedral metal container with a capacity of four imperial gallons (about 18 litres) used by the British Army during World War II to hold fuel.
 kanisteri
  • (also, attributive, uncountable) Thin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document; (countable) a sheet of such paper.
  • (by extension) A document printed or typed on such paper.
 läpilyöntipaperi

flimsy verb

  /ˈflɪmzi/
  • To make (something) likely to be easily damaged.
 hataroittaa
  • (dated, or, historical) To type or write (text) on a flimsy (“sheet of thin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document”) (noun sense 2).
 kirjoittaa läpilyöntipaperille
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