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Tenuous

  1. adjective

    lacking substance or significance; ; ; ; a fragile claim to fame"

    “slight evidence”

    Similar: flimsy, fragile, slight, thin

  2. adjective

    very thin in gauge or diameter

    “a tenuous thread”

  3. adjective

    having thin consistency

    “a tenuous fluid”

Word family

tenuously

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