Dictionary

paper-thin en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (literally, not-comparable) Very thin, such as the quality of paper.
2. (figuratively, not-comparable) Insubstantial.
   • As late as 1948 NKP, for its part, pitted its Berkshires against borrowed road diesels and declared that the difference in costs was less than paper thin. 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 41:

Deriveds

paper-thinness

Synonyms

razor-thin · paper-thick

Translations (4)

ms nipis macam kertas (very thin) · pl cieniutki (very thin) · fi paperinohut (very thin) · hu papírvékony (very thin)