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paper-thin (not comparable)

  1. (literally) Very thin, such as the quality of paper.
    Synonym: razor-thin
    Antonym: paper-thick
  2. (figuratively) Insubstantial.
    • 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 41:
      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.

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