English-Finnish translations for flimsy

• hatara
  Näin voi toki olla, mutta kovin hatara tämä yhteisymmärrys on. This may be so, but it is extremely flimsy at present.
  Kansalaisten epäluottamus vain lisääntyy myös muissa jäsenvaltioissa, sillä EU:n demokraattisesta kannatuspohjasta on tullut hyvin hatara. In the other Member States too, the distrust of the people will only increase, because the EU's democratic support base has become very flimsy.
  On hyvin valitettavaa, että komissiolla on niin vähän ideoita ja että luettavaksenne annettu tiedonanto on niin hatara. I find it very regrettable that the Commission should have so few of them, and that the communication that you have been asked to read should be so flimsy.

Definition of flimsy

• Likely to bend or break under pressure
• Weak; ill-founded
• Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies
• A service certificate
• Skimpy underwear
• A banknote

Examples

• He expected the flimsy structure to collapse at any moment
• a flimsy excuse

Related words

• flight
• conflict
• flint
• flintstone
• flirt
• flickering
• flip
• flit
• fling
• flip-flop