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In its attempt to crush the Black Panthers, the FBI engineered frequent arrests on the flimsiest of pretexts.
Alexander Cockburn

Meaning of "flimsiest" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLIMSIEST

flimsiest  [ˈflɪmzɪɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLIMSIEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flimsiest is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLIMSIEST


blowsiest
ˈblaʊzɪɪst
blowziest
ˈblaʊzɪɪst
breeziest
ˈbriːzɪɪst
cheesiest
ˈtʃiːzɪɪst
clumsiest
ˈklʌmzɪɪst
cosiest
ˈkəʊzɪɪst
craziest
ˈkreɪzɪɪst
earliest
ˈɜːlɪɪst
frowziest
ˈfraʊzɪɪst
fubsiest
ˈfʌbzɪɪst
funniest
ˈfʌnɪɪst
fuzziest
ˈfʌzɪɪst
hobbyist
ˈhɒbɪɪst
lousiest
ˈlaʊzɪɪst
noisiest
ˈnɔɪzɪɪst
sexiest
ˈseksɪɪst
teensiest
ˈtiːnzɪɪst
weensiest
ˈwiːnzɪɪst
whimsiest
ˈwɪmzɪɪst
wooziest
ˈwuːzɪɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLIMSIEST

flightless
flighty
flim
flimflam
flimflam artist
flimflam man
flimflammed
flimflammer
flimflammery
flimflamming
flimp
flimsier
flimsily
flimsiness
flimsy
flinch
flincher
flinchingly
flinder
flinders

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLIMSIEST

at the earliest
busiest
choosiest
classiest
dressiest
easiest
folksiest
fussiest
glassiest
glossiest
grassiest
greasiest
gutsiest
horsiest
messiest
mousiest
newsiest
nosiest
queasiest
rosiest
sassiest

Synonyms and antonyms of flimsiest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FLIMSIEST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «flimsiest» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of flimsiest

Translation of «flimsiest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLIMSIEST

Find out the translation of flimsiest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flimsiest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flimsiest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

站不住脚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

más endeble
570 millions of speakers

English

flimsiest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

flimsiest
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أوهى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неубедительных
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flimsiest
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

flimsiest
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plus fragile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Flimsiest
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fadenscheinigsten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

flimsiest
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

flimsiest
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flimsiest
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

flimsiest
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிக அற்பமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उच्छृंखल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

flimsiest
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inconsistente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

najcieńszego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непереконливих
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mai slabă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

flimsiest
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

flimsiest
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flimsiest
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flimsiest
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flimsiest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLIMSIEST»

The term «flimsiest» is normally little used and occupies the 116.564 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLIMSIEST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flimsiest

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QUOTES WITH «FLIMSIEST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word flimsiest.
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Alexander Cockburn
In its attempt to crush the Black Panthers, the FBI engineered frequent arrests on the flimsiest of pretexts.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLIMSIEST»

Discover the use of flimsiest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flimsiest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Love Him or Leave Him: A Small Town, Big Dreams Novel
She was representing the grocery store, and Simon let her go based on the flimsiest of circumstantial evidence. I wouldn't have shown up either.” Of course. She'd been making cocoa with him because she had to for her job. Somehow, during ...
Sara Daniel, 2013
2
Popular Photography
flimsiest. flimsy. Vivitar. tripod. ever? Even though I ignored all sturdy Vivitar tripods in the April “SLR” column to sing the praises of Vivitar's Model 600 flimsy, I was forgiven. Indeed, Vivitar has now gone to great lengths to furnish me with what ...
3
British Investments and the American Mining Frontier, 1860-1901
flimsiest. of. concrete inducements, yet the most imaginative of promises. Normally they came before the public early on Saturday morning, to coincide with the fanfare appearing in the major mining and financial periodicals of London.34 A few ...
Clark C. Spence, 2000
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History and International Relations
... althoughhe discouraged overburdening these conceptualizations. ¥. ® theCarolingian. Empire, ̄. ®the. Protestant Reformation, ̄. ®European. Liberalism, ̄ etc. ¥. with categorical finality. Onlythe. ®flimsiest. partition ̄ distinguishes ...
Thomas W. Smith, 2003
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Congressional Series of United States Public Documents
Of the white shirtings Mr. says they are loaded with terra alba and starch to give appearance aud weight, but being washed prove to be the flimsiest material known to the trade. He suggests that the width of cotton goods wanted by the ...
6
Annual Report
for 1872, in the Gardener's Monthly, for January, he uses the following language : "The report of the botanist goes over the various statements made over and over again, on the flimsiest of foundations, that great changes of climate have ...
Michigan State Horticultural Society, 1874
7
The History of the Last Trial by Jury for Atheism in ...
If they step out of the way, and seek to propagate them by undermining the institutions of the country, by denying the existence of a God, by robbing others of " the hopes set before them," without offering the flimsiest pretext, it is the duty of all to ...
George Jacob Holyoake, 1850
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The Last Trial for Atheism in England: A Fragment of ...
If they step out of the way, and seek to propagate them by undermining the institutions of the country, by denying the existence of a God, by robbing others of ' the hopes set before them,' without offering the flimsiest pretext, it is the duty of all to ...
George Jacob Holyoake, 1878
9
The Avicultural Magazine
On her opinion are founded my flimsiest of assumptions ! Some years ago, people would have shrieked with dismay had they been told that consumptive patients with hacking coughs and failing lungs, must if they wished to be cured, sit out all ...
10
Hide and Seek: In Three Volumes
Mr. Marksman's room is over the shop, and the house is a London house — or, in other words, is built in the flimsiest possible way, with the flimsiest possible materials. Accordingly, whatever is done above is heard below — even a slight ...
Wilkie Collins, 1854

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLIMSIEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flimsiest is used in the context of the following news items.
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Survival Of The Sickest: Health Insurer Assurant Settles …
As was the case with Mitchell, their insurance policies often were canceled on erroneous information, the flimsiest of evidence, or for no good ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
2
MP Guv may have been our appointee but he should go: Cong …
"The Narendra Modi government took no time in removing Congress-appointed Governors like Shiela Dixit on the flimsiest of grounds. «Business Standard, Jul 15»
3
Driver chased by Springfield police had 25-page motor vehicle …
"This is one of the flimsiest police reports I've seen," attorney Randy Milou said, adding that his client works as a landscaper and has a ... «MassLive.com, Jul 15»
4
American Al Qaeda to ISIS: No Paradise for You
... Gadahn says “is already recognized to be accountable for the murder and killing of a massive quantity of Muslims on the flimsiest of pretexts.”. «Daily News, Jul 15»
5
SC asked to stop Comelec bidding for PCOS repairs, mark readers
... or removed and disabled "for the flimsiest excuses, thereby compromising the security of the system and accuracy or credibility of the results." «GMA News, Jul 15»
6
Have you taken retirement planning seriously yet?
Yet we neglect it and make it subservient to the flimsiest of desires, like going for a vacation or buying a fancy gaming laptop etc. Himalayan numbers - We would ... «Moneycontrol.com, Jul 15»
7
Monsanto and EPA knew of glyphosate cancer link in 1981
It is also deeply worrying that EPA acceded to the routine Monsanto requests for secrecy on the flimsiest of pretexts. However, archived and ... «The Ecologist, Jul 15»
8
FATAL CONNECTION: The day Najib got CONNED by an 'Arab …
They kill each other for the flimsiest reasons. Their religion is a satanic deviation. If you think they are 'islam', that is because you are dumber ... «Malaysia Chronicle, Jul 15»
9
A Selfie Of The Changing Times
Christianity saw inquisitions with wholesale murder of women on flimsiest pretexts. The estimates of the number of women killed in these ... «Swarajya, Jul 15»
10
Catholic hierarchy stand by while nuns' orders seek to obstruct …
... challenged Ms O'Brien's appointment, alleging fears of "apparent bias" on the flimsiest of grounds. The QC had acted for her clients only at a ... «National Secular Society, Jul 15»

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