Definition of Flimsiness

1. Noun. The property of weakness by virtue of careless construction.

Exact synonyms: Shoddiness
Generic synonyms: Weakness
Derivative terms: Flimsy, Flimsy, Shoddy

Definition of Flimsiness

1. n. The state or quality of being flimsy.

Definition of Flimsiness

1. Noun. The quality of being flimsy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flimsiness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flimsiness

flimflammer
flimflammeries
flimflammers
flimflammery
flimflamming
flimflams
flimp
flimped
flimping
flimps
flims
flimsier
flimsies
flimsiest
flimsily
flimsiness (current term)
flimsinesses
flimsy
flinch
flinched
flincher
flinchers
flinches
flinching
flinchingly
flincht
flinchy
flinder
flindermice
flindermouse

Literary usage of Flimsiness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1900)
"Yet its utter flimsiness can be exhibited, I think, in very few words. The first occasion on which Smith mentions his rescue by Pocahontas was the occasion ..."

2. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"... it has been generally accepted upon their authority; in many quarters it has become the fashionable view. Yet its utter flimsiness can be exhibited, ..."

3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1860)
"for if they have the least appearance of flimsiness, the effect of the whole design will be spoiled, and it will be sure to meet the censure of those who so ..."

4. Documents and Narratives Concerning the Discovery and Conquest of Latin America by Cortes Society, New York (1921)
"contrast between the austere grandeur of the lower stories and the tawdry flimsiness of the upper ones. The vast square in the centre of the city was made ..."

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