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The phrase "flimsy argument" is correct and usable in written English
It is used to describe an argument or point that is weak and unconvincing. For example: His argument that the government should provide free healthcare to everyone was a flimsy one; it lacked evidence and was not well thought out.
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It's a flimsy argument.
In a sound ruling last week, a federal judge in Illinois rebuffed this flimsy argument.
The need for fiscal stimulus requires a rethink around debt and borrowing and the whole flimsy argument that underpinned austerity.
That is a shockingly flimsy argument — any data might be "relevant" to an investigation eventually, if by "eventually" you mean "sometime before the end of time".
But the department's appellate brief also recycled the flimsy argument that the law had a plausible purpose in trying to maintain the federal status quo while states debated the issue of same-sex marriage.
Still, as Chris Ziegler at the Verge points out, that's exactly why the carrier introduced tiered data plans in the first place — seems like a pretty flimsy argument to make at this point.
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Every news consumer should be on guard against flimsy arguments or tendentious cuts.
But if Abercrombie's experience discourages others with flimsy arguments for incorporation shopping, then some good has come from this.
What was surprising, and a bit distressing, was the flimsy arguments Republicans made for opposing her confirmation.
All too often in recent decades, Presidents have flouted this legal requirement, relying on flimsy arguments about executive authority or, since 2001, on the overly broad mandate that Congress granted President George W. Bush to pursue his war on terrorism.
Nobody had given it a second thought until now but no doubt there will be fans of other clubs scouring referees' profiles to come up with historic grievances or flimsy arguments why further restrictions should be placed.
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