tenuous
About 1.69 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Thin in substance or consistency.
The aether was thought to be of tenuous strands.
- adjective Insubstantial.
His argument was not convincing in the debate, considering how tenuous it was.
- adjective Precarious, dependent upon unreliable things.
Similar words
thin flimsy slight weak fine slim tiny little small fragile
Often followed by
and at connection relationship hold as link nature position
Word family
tenuously tenuousness tenuousnesses
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