flimsy
adjective/ˈflɪmzi/
Frequency rank: #11,728 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
Thin, weak, and easily broken or damaged.
Example sentence
The roof was made of flimsy material that bent under the weight of the snow.
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