Flimsiness

  • 91insubstantiality — n. condition of lacking substance; lack of firmness or solidity, flimsiness; quality of being insubstantial …

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  • 92ricketiness — rɪkÉ™tɪnɪs n. state of being shaky, instability; flimsiness, state of being in dilapidated …

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  • 93sleaziness — n. shabbiness; baseness, despicableness; cheapness, tawdriness; flimsiness …

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  • 94tenuity — n. slenderness, delicateness, thinness of consistency, rarefied condition; flimsiness, weakness …

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  • 95tenuousness — n. slenderness, delicateness, thinness of consistency, rarefied condition; flimsiness, weakness …

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  • 96unsturdiness — n. instability, flimsiness, quality of not being sturdy, quality of being likely to collapse …

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  • 97Earthquakes in Burma —    Burma is located in a seismically active region, and earthquakes occasionally cause great damage and loss of life. In 1930, a large earthquake destroyed the Shwemawdaw Pagoda in Pegu (Bago), causing many deaths. A 1975 earthquake damaged… …

    Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)

  • 98flimsy — adjective (flimsier, flimsiest) 1》 weak and insubstantial. 2》 light and thin: a flimsy garment. 3》 (of a pretext or account) weak and unconvincing. noun (plural flimsies) Brit. very thin paper. ↘a copy of a document, made on very thin paper.… …

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  • 99thinness — n. 1. Slenderness, slimness, meagreness, leanness, gauntness, emaciation, lankness. 2. Meagreness, poorness, slenderness. 3. Tenuity, fineness, slenderness, delicacy, exiguity. 4. Tenuity, rareness. 5. Rarity, rareness, tenuity, subtilty,… …

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  • 100cobweb — I. n. 1. Spider s web. 2. Entanglement, snare, meshes, toils, insidious intricacy. 3. Flimsy or frail thing, piece of flimsiness. 4. Musty tradition, hoary and useless custom, worthless time worn trappings. II. a. Flimsy, slight, gauzy, worthless …

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