Vocabulary
Flimsy
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
insubstantial and easily damaged.
Urdu meaning
بودا، نازک، خفیف
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Then there were the reports of passengers being denied boarding on flimsy pretexts, or for no reason at all.
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Airport mess
— 2026-02-26
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His BoP is a flimsy, fragile facsimile of the UN.
Dawn Editorials —
Towering hubris
— 2026-01-29
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The message in this instance is that nothing is secure; the government can breach the trust anytime it wants under a flimsy pretext.
Dawn Editorials —
Why investors fear Pakistan
— 2025-11-14
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Connected to nothingness with the life above, neither a flimsy rope nor a hazy hope, he collapsed into the poisoned void never to rise again.
Dawn Editorials —
The last pit
— 2025-10-04
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DHR warns that hurried bulk disposals, flimsy explanations and neglected evidence are stripping the commission of credibility.
Dawn Editorials —
Where are they?
— 2025-09-13
Synonyms
insubstantial, slight, light, fragile, breakable, frail, shaky, unstable, wobbly, tottery,
Curator example
“a flimsy barrier”
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