Flimsy vs Wanting - What's the difference?

Flimsy is a related term of wanting.

As adjectives the difference between flimsy and wanting

is that flimsy is likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile while wanting is absent or lacking.

As nouns the difference between flimsy and wanting

is that flimsy is thin typing paper used to make multiple copies while wanting is the state of wanting something; desire.

As a preposition wanting is

without.

As a verb wanting is

flimsy

English

Adjective

(en-adj)

Likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.

He expected the flimsy structure to collapse at any moment.

* Sheridan

All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.

Antonyms

* robust * strong * sturdy

Noun

(flimsies)

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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wanting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Absent or lacking.

* 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 171,

but where other powers of entertainment are wanting , the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.

Derived terms

* wantingly

Preposition

(English prepositions)

without

Verb

(head)

Noun

(en noun)

The state of wanting something; desire.