Without material strength or solid substance; of loose and unsubstantial structure.Without strength or force of any kind; weak; ineffectual: as, a flimsy argument.Synonyms Unsubstantial, thin, slight.Feeble, trivial, shallow, superficial, frivolous, foolish, puerile.n. A thin sort of paper by means of which several copies of a writing may be made at once; transfer-paper.n. A bank-note, from its being made of thin paper.n. A manifold copy of a report or despatch made on flimsy; reporters' ‘copy’; a duplicate or a triplicate writing made on flimsy.