Wiktionary:Word of the day/2025/April 28

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Word of the day
for April 28
flimsy adj
  1. Likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial.
    1. Of clothing: very light and thin.
  2. (figurative)
    1. Of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak; also, unimportant; paltry, trivial.
    2. Of a person: lacking depth of character or understanding; frivolous, superficial.
    3. (obsolete) Of a person, their physical makeup, or their health: delicate, frail.

flimsy n (dated or historical)

  1. A thing which is ill-founded, unconvincing, or weak.
  2. (also attributive, uncountable) Thin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document; (countable) a sheet of such paper.
  3. (by extension) A document printed or typed on such paper.
    1. (naval slang, countable) A service certificate.
    2. (slang, countable) A banknote; (uncountable) paper money.
    3. (newspapers, uncountable) The text to be set into pages of magazines, newspapers, etc.; copy.
  4. (UK, military slang) A hexahedral metal container with a capacity of four imperial gallons (about 18 litres) used by the British Army during World War II to hold fuel.

flimsy v (transitive)

  1. To make (something) likely to be easily damaged.
  2. (dated or historical) To type or write (text) on a flimsy (sheet of thin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document) (noun sense 2).
  3. (figurative) To treat (someone or something) as paltry or unimportant; to demean, to underestimate.

Today is the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, which is recognized by the United Nations to promote awareness about work-related accidents and diseases. In the United States, the Occupational Safety and Health Act came into effect on this day 55 years ago in 1970, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was formed on this day in 1971.

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