Flimsy
Flimsy adjective - Being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance.
Shallow
Shallow adjective - Lacking significant physical depth.
Flimsy is a synonym for shallow in superficial topic. You can use "Flimsy" instead an adjective "Shallow", if it concerns topics such as property, unintelligent.
Nearby Words: shallowed, shallowing
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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His performance is so convincing and so disturbing that even the ominous music AND the reaction shots of William Shatner seem shallow and flimsy in comparison (And this is Star Trek TOS where even the music was a Large Ham).
Source: Chewing the Scenery
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