n.
The state or quality of being flimsy.
flimsiness
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noun
- The condition of being infirm or physically weak: debility, decrepitude, delicacy, delicateness, feebleness, fragileness, fragility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, insubstantiality, puniness, unsoundness, unsubstantiality, weakliness, weakness. See strong/weak.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
the property of weakness by virtue of careless construction
Synonym: shoddiness
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