крехък adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
слаб adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
чуплив adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
пелюр noun (thin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document; sheet of such paper)

Czech

4 entries

chabý adj (of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak)
chatrný adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
chatrný adj (of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak)
křehký adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)

Danish

4 entries

skrøbelig adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
spinkel adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
svag adj (of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak)
tynd adj (of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak)

Dutch

1 entries

breekbaar adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)

Finnish

4 entries

hatara adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
hatara adj (of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak)
heppoinen adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
heppoinen adj (of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak)

French

4 entries

faible adj (of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak)
fragile adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
fragile adj (of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak)
frêle adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)

German

4 entries

dünn adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
dünn adj (of clothing: very light and thin)
fadenscheinig adj (of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak)
hauchdünn adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)

Irish

1 entries

páipéar tanaí noun (thin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document; sheet of such paper)

Latin

1 entries

fragilis adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)

Māori

3 entries

kopī adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
kōpīpī adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
marore adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

spinkel adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

spinkel adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

pukrich adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)

Portuguese

3 entries

frágil adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
receoso adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
trémulo adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)

Russian

2 entries

хлипкий adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
хру́пкий adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

krhak adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
slab adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
slab adj (of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak)
traljav adj (of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak)

Spanish

4 entries

caedizo adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
cañinque adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
enclenque adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
endeble adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)

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The flimsy stalls in this restroom offer very little privacy.

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For some inexplicable reason, the flimsy shack survived the storm.

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It's a bit flimsy.

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You will open a flimsy brown door.

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