Flimsy vs Foolish - What's the difference?
flimsy | foolish | Synonyms |
Likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.
* Sheridan
Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.
*1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 251:
*:Smiley peered once more at the flimsy which he still clutched in his pudgy hand.
(informal, in the plural) Skimpy underwear.
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Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish , but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
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*(Aeschylus)
*:It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish .
Flimsy is a synonym of foolish.
As adjectives the difference between flimsy and foolish
is that flimsy is likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile while foolish is lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.As a noun flimsy
is thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.flimsy
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- He expected the flimsy structure to collapse at any moment.
- All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.
Antonyms
* robust * strong * sturdyNoun
(flimsies)citation
